The painting On Sentry Duty (1815) depicts three rangers, including the artist Ferdinand Hartmann and the writer Theodor Körner, who fought with Kersting and died in wars against the French. He drew a full-length self-portrait in 1813, in which he wore the rangers' uniform. A number of his works refer to his time in the volunteer corps, the "L?tzow rangers". The characters are often viewed from the back, as in Friedrich's work, and the scenes provide hints of narrative as the figures engage privately in everyday activities. These paintings nevertheless feel contemporary due to the situations depicted and the effect of the artist's personality. Kerstings Werdegang wird aufgezeigt ebenso wie seine Verbindung und Prägung durch andere, zum Teil viel bekanntere, Maler. Kersting's most lasting works are his figures in interiors that borrow from seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting. Der Bildband über Georg Friedrich Kersting enthält nicht nur viele, wunderschöne Gemälde von ihm, sondern darüber hinaus sehr viel informativen Text. Goethe was impressed and recommended that the Grand Duke Charles Augustus purchase his work The Embroiderer. In 1813 Seidler helped Kersting send a number of his works to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He was also a friend of the painter Louise Seidler, who described him as "an altogether splendid and comical fellow" and often served as his model. He may have painted the staffage in some of Friedrich's early work?such as Morning in the Riesengebirge (1810?C11), a result of their walking tour. During his many hikes with Friedrich, the two painted numerous sketches and observations from nature. The two friends went on a walking tour of the Riesengebirge in 1810. Kersting was a friend of Caspar David Friedrich, the leading German Romantic painter his style was influenced by Friedrich, and he shared that artist's romantic attitude, although in a more subjective manner.
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