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FRIEDRICH, Caspar David: Easter Morning

🖼 Easter Morning, c. 1833
Oil on canvas
44 × 34 cm
Madrid, Spain

Soft golden light breaks through misty landscape as silhouetted figures gaze toward the risen sun, their backs to us in reverent stillness. Friedrich's Romantic masterpiece merges spiritual awakening with sublime nature, transforming Easter resurrection into a transcendent visual metaphor for redemption and hope.

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