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The Monk by the Sea (German: Der Mönch am Meer) is an oil painting by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. It was painted between 1808 and 1810 in Dresden and was first shown together with the painting The Abbey in the Oakwood (Abtei im Eichwald) in the Berlin Academy exhibition of 1810. On Friedrich’s request The Monk by the Sea was hung above The Abbey in the Oakwood.After the exhibition both pictures were bought by king Frederick Wilhelm III for his collection.
