Nineteenth century, German ‘Romantic’ landscape painter, Caspar David Friedrich was born on September 5, 1774, in Greifswald, to candle-maker, Adolf Gottlieb Friedrich and Sophie Dorothea Bechly. By the age of thirteen, Caspar had lost his mother, sister, and brother. His artistic career began with his coaching under Johann Gottfried Quistrop, a friend of the ‘Romantic’