1812
oil
canvas
From the collection of Hamburger Kunsthalle
Tombs of the Fallen in the Fight for Independence is a 1812 oil by Caspar David Friedrich, a German Romanticism work, held at Hamburger Kunsthalle.
“Tombs of the Fallen in the Fight for Independence” is an oil‑on‑canvas painting by Caspar David Friedrich. He painted it between April and August 1812. The work is also known as The Graves of the Fallen Freedom Fighters or Arminius’s Grave. It reflects the German Romantic interest in history and heroism. The painting was made for a public exhibition in Hamburg. You can view the work at the museum
The Tombs of the Old Heroes (German: Grabmale alter Helden) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich, painted between April and August 1812. It is also known as The Graves of the Fallen Freedom Fighters (German: Gräber gefallener Freiheitskrieger) or Arminius's Grave (German: Grab des Arminius) and is now in the Hamburger Kunsthalle. As its alternative titles suggest, it was produced during an era of renewed interest in Arminius and his struggle against the Romans, an era which also produced the Hermannsdenkmal.
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Caspar David Friedrich (German: ; 5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical…
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