# Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CARUS, Carl Gustav](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carus-carl-gustav-rd674f3a09f7765-rd674f3a09f7765>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 cm

## Commentary

Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley c. 1820 Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 cm Nationalgalerie, Berlin In this painting Carus adopted the view of a figure seen from behind which Friedrich had introduced; here he is hastening ahead of the viewer into the picture and anticipating his view. In a Europe becoming remorselessly urban and industrial, the cloaked wanderer trudging away into high mountains with his pilgrim&#39;s staff, though painted in 1820, strikes a suitably symbolic farewell to the Romantic religion of nature.

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## Attribution

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