Tetschen Altar
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tetschen Altar canonical | 3 |
| Tetschener Altar | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10106224 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tetschen Altar Context triple: [Cross in the Mountains, title, Tetschen Altar]
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A.
Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
The Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec is a prominent Gothic-Baroque church in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, renowned as part of the town’s UNESCO-listed historic religious complex.
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B.
Holy Trinity Column
The Holy Trinity Column is a Baroque plague monument in Veszprém, Hungary, erected as a religious and commemorative sculpture honoring the Holy Trinity and marking deliverance from past epidemics.
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C.
Holy Trinity Column
The Holy Trinity Column is a prominent Baroque plague monument in Sopron, Hungary, erected in gratitude for deliverance from epidemics and wars.
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D.
Torgau Castle Chapel
Torgau Castle Chapel is a historically significant Protestant church in Torgau, Germany, known as one of the earliest purpose-built Lutheran chapels and closely associated with the Reformation.
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E.
Burian Tower
Burian Tower is a historic clock and bell tower that serves as a prominent architectural landmark in the Slovak city of Žilina.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tetschen Altar Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
The Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec is a prominent Gothic-Baroque church in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, renowned as part of the town’s UNESCO-listed historic religious complex.
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B.
Holy Trinity Column
The Holy Trinity Column is a Baroque plague monument in Veszprém, Hungary, erected as a religious and commemorative sculpture honoring the Holy Trinity and marking deliverance from past epidemics.
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C.
Holy Trinity Column
The Holy Trinity Column is a prominent Baroque plague monument in Sopron, Hungary, erected in gratitude for deliverance from epidemics and wars.
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D.
Torgau Castle Chapel
Torgau Castle Chapel is a historically significant Protestant church in Torgau, Germany, known as one of the earliest purpose-built Lutheran chapels and closely associated with the Reformation.
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E.
Burian Tower
Burian Tower is a historic clock and bell tower that serves as a prominent architectural landmark in the Slovak city of Žilina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic painting
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altarpiece ⓘ oil painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cross in the Mountains
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Das Kreuz im Gebirge ⓘ The Cross in the Mountains ⓘ
linked to:
Cross in the Mountains
|
| 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
ⓘ
linked to:
Count Franz von Thun und Hohenstein
Thun family castle at Tetschen ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1808 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Basilius von Ramdohr ⓘ |
| currentCity | Dresden ⓘ |
| currentCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Galerie Neue Meister ⓘ |
| depicts |
cross
ⓘ
mountain landscape ⓘ solitary cross on a mountaintop ⓘ sublime natural landscape ⓘ |
| frameDesigner | Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ |
| genre | Romanticism ⓘ |
| hasFrame | elaborate sculpted frame ⓘ |
| hasShape | arched top ⓘ |
| iconographicElement |
crucifix
ⓘ
evening or sunset sky ⓘ fir trees ⓘ rays of light ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1807 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| locatedInCountryAtCommissionTime | Bohemia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Děčín ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayCountry | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| locationOfCommission | Tetschen ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | German Romanticism ⓘ |
| 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
ⓘ
union of Christian faith and nature ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian salvation
ⓘ
meditation and contemplation ⓘ relationship between humanity, nature, and God ⓘ |
| usesIconography | Christian iconography ⓘ |
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Subject: Tetschen Altar Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tetschen Altar
linked to: Tetschen Altar
subject linked to:
Count Franz von Thun und Hohenstein
subject linked to:
Count Franz von Thun und Hohenstein