# A Gondola on the Elbe near Dresden [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARUS, Carl Gustav]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 29 x 22 cm ## Commentary In this painting Carus also shows the figures from behind, so that the viewer experiences the boat trip. At the same time the boat is framed like a vista from the window, creating a picture within a picture.. This was an effect that Friedrich used in many of his interiors where he shows a view out of a window. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 3 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/mendelssohn\_gondola.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Songs without Words op. 30 No. 5 \(Venetian gondola song\)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Morning Fog]() - [Oaks at the Sea Shore]() - [Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley]() - [The Goethe Monument]() - [View of the Colosseum by Night]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()