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The Tetschen Altar (The Cross in the Mountains)


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Cross in the Mountains, also known as the Tetschen Altar, is an oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich designed as an altarpiece. Among Friedrich's first major works, the 1808 painting marked an imp ...
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Caspar David Friedrich (5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his alle ...
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Caspar David Friedrich's "The Tetschen Altar": A Masterful Fusion of Landscape and Religious Iconography

Caspar David Friedrich's "The Tetschen Altar" (also known as "The Cross in the Mountains") is a captivating oil painting completed in 1808. This work, created as an altarpiece, exemplifies Friedrich ...
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Caspar David Friedrich's "The Tetschen Altar": A Masterful Fusion of Landscape and Religious Iconography

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Caspar David Friedrich's "The Tetschen Altar" (also known as "The Cross in the Mountains") is a captivating oil painting completed in 1808. This work, created as an altarpiece, exemplifies Friedrich ...
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