Tetschen Altar
E841971
The Tetschen Altar is a Romantic-era altarpiece painting by Caspar David Friedrich that depicts a solitary cross on a mountaintop, symbolically merging Christian iconography with a sublime natural landscape.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tetschener Altar | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic painting
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altarpiece ⓘ oil painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cross in the Mountains
NERFINISHED
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Das Kreuz im Gebirge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cross in the Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
controversial for merging landscape painting with altarpiece format
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early major work of Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ key work of German Romantic religious painting ⓘ |
| commissionedFor |
Count Franz Anton von Thun-Hohenstein
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Thun family castle at Tetschen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1808 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Caspar David Friedrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Basilius von Ramdohr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCity | Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Galerie Neue Meister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
cross
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mountain landscape ⓘ solitary cross on a mountaintop ⓘ sublime natural landscape ⓘ |
| frameDesigner | Caspar David Friedrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Romanticism ⓘ |
| hasFrame | elaborate sculpted frame ⓘ |
| hasShape | arched top ⓘ |
| iconographicElement |
crucifix
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evening or sunset sky ⓘ fir trees ⓘ rays of light ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1807 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| locatedInCountryAtCommissionTime | Bohemia GENERATED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Děčín NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayCountry | Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfCommission | Tetschen GENERATED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | German Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | innovative combination of landscape and devotional imagery ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
altar painting
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private devotional altarpiece ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | religious landscape ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| symbolism |
sublime experience of the divine in landscape
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union of Christian faith and nature ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian salvation
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meditation and contemplation ⓘ relationship between humanity, nature, and God ⓘ |
| usesIconography | Christian iconography ⓘ |
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Tetschener Altar