Dedication (Zueignung)

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Dedication (Zueignung)

1818-1822

Ferdinand Olivier (German, 1785–1841)

German caption: Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben (Joh. XI.25)

Translation: I am the resurrection, and the life (John 11:25)

Olivier introduced his album of landscapes representing the days of the week (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1997-170-1--7) with a dedication plate designed to resemble a sculpted panel on a medieval altarpiece. The centerpiece of the composition is a wayside shrine hanging on an oak tree with two angels seated at the base of the trunk: on the left, Archangel Michael repelling Satan, and on the right, Archangel Gabriel welcoming a group of young artists. The figures in the corners represent sculpture, architecture, painting, and poetry.

Tags on the tree branches bear the names of sixty-four artists Olivier considered the leading members of the new movement in the arts. Nineteen of those artists are represented in this exhibition, among them Peter von Cornelius, Caspar David Friedrich, Joseph Anton Koch, Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder, Friedrich Overbeck, Franz Pforr, Johann Anton Ramboux, Johann Christian Reinhart, and Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

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Object Details

Title:

Dedication (Zueignung)
Zueignung, Sieben Gegenden aus Salzburg und Berchtesgaden. Geordnet nach den sieben Tagen der Woche, verbunden durch zwei allegorische Blätter (Vienna: 1823), From the album Seven Places in Salzburg and Berchtesgaden, Arranged According to the Seven Days of the Week, United by Two Allegorical Plates, German caption: Ich bin dei Auferstehung und das Leben (Joh. XI.25), English translation of German caption: I am the resurrection, and the life (John XI.25)

Date:

1818-1822

Artist:

Ferdinand Olivier (German, 1785–1841)

Medium:

Lithograph printed from two stones in black and tan inks

Dimensions:

Image (with border): 11 1/8 x 14 inches (28.2 x 35.5 cm) Sheet: 14 9/16 x 20 11/16 inches (37 x 52.5 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

125th Anniversary Acquisition. Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund and the Carl and Laura Zigrosser Collection (by exchange), 1997

Accession Number:

1997-170-8

Geography:

Made in Austria, Europe

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