Woman in front of the Setting Sun ☲ Friedrich ☰ Canvas moon This portrait became not just

This portrait became not just an iconic portrayal of Fénéon

with tall masts and chimneys silhouetted against the sky

Artists did not title their works in the Northern Renaissance period

the three magi bearing gifts of gold

Woman in front of the Setting Sun ☲ Friedrich ☰ Canvas moon This portrait became not justWoman in front of the Setting Sun (1818, Frau vor der untergehenden Sonne) by Casper David Friedrich, also known as Woman before the Rising Sun, is possibly the artist's wife Caroline Brommer. Friedrich makes use of Rckenfigur (a rear facing figure that is not the primary subject), allowing the viewer to place themselves into the scene. It is interpreted as an emblem of life's transience and individual salvation. The woman is silhouetted against a