# View of Salzburg and the Hohensalzburg Fortress fom the Mönschberg

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## Artwork

- Artist: [OLIVIER, Ferdinand](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/olivier-ferdinand-rf234b99197e4a8>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Pencil, 326 x 406 mm

## Commentary

Some of the greatest of all Nazarene landscape drawings were done by Ferdinand Olivier, a friend and teacher of Schnorr. Olivier&#34;s view of the region around Salzburg made the area famous and are reminiscent of Old German drawings in silver point. These drawings form a series in which landscape and figurative elements also conveys religious themes. This view of Salzburg shows his brother and sister-in-law gripped by Romantic awe in the presence of Nature&#39;s wonders. Both figures are wearing &#34;plug hats&#34; typical of pious country folk.

## Related artworks

- [Elijah in the Wilderness](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/olivier-ferdinand-rf234b99197e4a8/elijah-in-the-wilderness-r1273cc6f537844>)
- [Meadow before Aigen, Friday](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/olivier-ferdinand-rf234b99197e4a8/meadow-before-aigen-friday-r69c72cc32610cf>)
- [Sunday: Entrance to the Church at Berchtesgaden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/olivier-ferdinand-rf234b99197e4a8/sunday-entrance-to-the-church-at-berchtesgaden-ra20fa0aec0a7e7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)