Landscape ecologist, Rügen and Friedrich expert Hannes Knapp on Göhren beach a little closer to the Nordperd than the two men pointing out to sea in Friedrich’s prints

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This perspective is very close to the drawing View over the Baltic Coast on Rügen from 1801, which Friedrich used for the Monk by the Sea. It also shows the Nordperd and even the stretched fishing net can be recognized in both drawings.

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