Ruins of Eldena Abbey in the Riesengebirge

Ruins of Eldena Abbey in the Riesengebirge or Ruins in the Riesengebirge is an 1830-1834 oil on canvas painting by Caspar David Friedrich, now in the Pommersches Landesmuseum in Greifswald. It shows the ruins of the Eldena Abbey in the Riesengebirge mountains.^[1]

References[edit]

^ (in German) Otto Schmidt: Die Ruine Eldena im Werk Caspar David Friedrichs. Kunstbrief Nr. 25, Berlin 1944, S. 22 f.

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List of works
Paintings	Cairn in Snow (1807) Cross in the Mountains (1808) The Monk by the Sea (1808–1810) The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809–10) Mountain Landscape with Rainbow (1809–10) Morning on the Riesengebirge (1810–11) The Tombs of the Old Heroes (1812) Neubrandenburg (c. 1816) Two Men by the Sea (1817) The Gazebo (1818) Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) Chalk Cliffs on Rügen (1818) Seaside by Moonlight (1818) The Port of Greifswald (1818–1820) Two Men Contemplating the Moon; Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon (1820s) Evening (1821) River Bank in Fog (1821) The Lonely Tree (1822) Moonrise by the Sea (1822) The Tree of Crows (1822) Woman at a Window (1822) Hutten's Grave (1823) The Sea of Ice (1823–24) The Watzmann (1824–25) Cabin in the Snow (1827) Ships in Harbour, Evening (1828) The Temple of Juno in Agrigento (1828–1830) The Great Enclosure (1831) Ruins of Eldena Abbey in the Riesengebirge (1830–1834) Neubrandenburg Burning (1830–1835) Sunset (1830–1835) The Stages of Life (1835)
Prints	The Woman with the Spider's Web (1803) Woman with a Raven at an Abyss (c. 1803) Boy Sleeping on a Grave (c. 1803)
Related	Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio (1811/1819 paintings) Boundaries of Time: Caspar David Friedrich (1986 film) Zauber der Stille (2023 biography)