Cross in the Mountains

E216328

Romantic painting altarpiece painting

Cross in the Mountains is a seminal early 19th-century Romantic altarpiece painting by Caspar David Friedrich that depicts a crucifix atop a mountain landscape, symbolically merging Christian spirituality with the sublime power of nature.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cross in the Mountains canonical	5
The Cross in the Mountains	1
The Crucifix Across the Mountains	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1933859 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cross in the Mountains
Context triple: [Caspar David Friedrich, notableWork, Cross in the Mountains]

A. The Mountain
The Mountain was a radical left-wing political faction during the French Revolution, known for its dominance in the National Convention and its role in the Reign of Terror.
B. The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
C. The Mountain Between Us
The Mountain Between Us is a 2017 survival romance film in which Idris Elba and Kate Winslet play strangers stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash.
D. Fire on the Mountain
"Fire on the Mountain" is a popular Grateful Dead song known for its extended live improvisations and distinctive, hypnotic groove.
E. Crossing of the Belts
The Crossing of the Belts was a daring 1658 winter military maneuver in which Swedish forces marched across the frozen Danish straits, decisively shifting the balance of power in the Northern Wars.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cross in the Mountains
Target entity description: Cross in the Mountains is a seminal early 19th-century Romantic altarpiece painting by Caspar David Friedrich that depicts a crucifix atop a mountain landscape, symbolically merging Christian spirituality with the sublime power of nature.

A. The Mountain
The Mountain was a radical left-wing political faction during the French Revolution, known for its dominance in the National Convention and its role in the Reign of Terror.
B. The Mountain Shadow
The Mountain Shadow is a novel by Gregory David Roberts that continues the adventures of Lin, an Australian fugitive navigating the criminal underworld and spiritual quests in India, serving as the sequel to Shantaram.
C. The Mountain Between Us
The Mountain Between Us is a 2017 survival romance film in which Idris Elba and Kate Winslet play strangers stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash.
D. Fire on the Mountain
"Fire on the Mountain" is a popular Grateful Dead song known for its extended live improvisations and distinctive, hypnotic groove.
E. Crossing of the Belts
The Crossing of the Belts was a daring 1658 winter military maneuver in which Swedish forces marched across the frozen Danish straits, decisively shifting the balance of power in the Northern Wars.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Romantic painting ⓘ altarpiece ⓘ painting ⓘ
artForm	oil on canvas ⓘ
artist	Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ
city	Dresden ⓘ
collection	Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ⓘ
commissionedBy	Count Franz von Thun und Hohenstein ⓘ
completionDate	1808 ⓘ
controversy	criticized by contemporaries for using a landscape as an altarpiece ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
creator	Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ
depictionType	symbolic landscape ⓘ
depicts	Christ on the cross ⓘ crucifix ⓘ evergreen trees ⓘ mountain landscape ⓘ rays of light ⓘ sunset ⓘ
frameDesignedBy	Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ
function	altarpiece ⓘ
genre	landscape painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ
hasArtHistoricalSignificance	early example of independent landscape altarpiece ⓘ seminal work of early German Romanticism ⓘ
hasFrame	ornate gilded frame with Christian symbols ⓘ
inception	1807 ⓘ
influenced	development of Romantic landscape painting ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
location	Galerie Neue Meister ⓘ
materialUsed	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Romanticism ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle	German ⓘ
originalLocation	Tetschen, Bohemia ⓘ
originalTitle	Das Kreuz im Gebirge ⓘ
period	early 19th century ⓘ
religiousContext	Christianity ⓘ
support	canvas ⓘ
symbolizes	Christian spirituality ⓘ the sublime power of nature ⓘ union of nature and faith ⓘ
theme	meditation and contemplation ⓘ sacred in nature ⓘ transcendence ⓘ
title	Cross in the Mountains ⓘ Tetschen Altar ⓘ Tetschener Altar ⓘ linked to: Tetschen Altar

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caspar David Friedrich → notableWork → Cross in the Mountains ⓘ

Cross in the Mountains → title → Cross in the Mountains ⓘ

Twilight in Italy → hasPart → The Crucifix Across the Mountains ⓘ

linked to: Cross in the Mountains

Tetschen Altar → alsoKnownAs → Cross in the Mountains ⓘ

Tetschen Altar → alsoKnownAs → The Cross in the Mountains ⓘ

linked to: Cross in the Mountains

Franz von Thun und Hohenstein → notableWorkSupported → Cross in the Mountains ⓘ

subject linked to: Count Franz von Thun und Hohenstein

Franz von Thun und Hohenstein → commissioned → Cross in the Mountains ⓘ