The Tree of Crows
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The Tree of Crows is an oil painting
of 1822 by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich
. It is currently housed in the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
Oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...
of 1822 by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning...
. It is currently housed in the Musée du Louvre in Paris.