Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains, Caspar David Friedrich — Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains, 1804

Caspar David Friedrich

1774–1840 · Romanticism · 2 works

Friedrich used landscape to explore spiritual experience. In this early drawing, a small pilgrim kneels beneath a statue of the Madonna while hills and sky fill the view. The contrast between the figure and the surrounding space gives nature an inward, contemplative meaning.

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Life and work

1804: Draws Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains
An early Dresden landscape brings a devotional figure into a broad mountain setting.

Sources

Art Institute of Chicago · Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains

2 works · 1804–1825

Original museum reproductions, with source records on every artwork page.

Artist information: Art Institute of Chicago, Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

Public-domain art. An imagined museum; no museum affiliation.