Who created "Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin"?

Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin was created by Carl Gustav Carus in ca. 1828.

What medium is "Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin"?

Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin is Oil on canvas.

Is "Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin" in the public domain?

Yes, Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin

Q: When was "Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1828.

Carl Gustav Carus

ca. 1828

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

17 in. × 13 1/4 in. (43.2 × 33.7 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, 2005 Benefit Fund, and Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation and Eugene V. Thaw Gifts, 2007

Accession Number

2007.192

Tags

Windows

Art Historical Context

Carl Gustav Carus, a prominent figure in early 19th-century German Romanticism, captures the haunting beauty of nature's reclamation in *Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin* (ca. 1828). This intimate oil on canvas (17 × 13¼ in.) depicts the weathered Gothic arches of the medieval Cistercian monastery ruins perched on a rocky outcrop in Saxony's Oybin Mountains. As a physician, philosopher, and close associate of Caspar David Friedrich, Carus infused his landscapes with a mystical, introspective quality, blending precise observation with emotional depth. Painted during the Ro...

Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin

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