Monk Meditating near a Ruin by Moonlight
In the right foreground of this nocturnal scene a monk meditates near an overgrown ruin. This is the abbey in Villers-la-Ville near Brussels, the city where the painter lived for a while. The subject and the frame embellished with sheaves of wheat were inspired by the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich’s famous Tetschen Altarpiece depicting a cross atop a mountain.
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Monk Meditating near a Ruin by Moonlight
In the right foreground of this nocturnal scene a monk meditates near an overgrown ruin. This is the abbey in Villers-la-Ville near Brussels, the city where the painter lived for a while. The subject and the frame embellished with sheaves of wheat were inspired by the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich’s famous Tetschen Altarpiece depicting a cross atop a mountain.
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In het maanlicht mediteert een ...... sbeeld voor hoog in de bergen.
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In the right foreground of thi ...... cting a cross atop a mountain.
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Mediterende monnik bij ruïne in de nacht
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Monk Meditating near a Ruin by Moonlight
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1862
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1862
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breedte 64 cm
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height 78 cm
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hoogte 78 cm
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width 64 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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