Einführung des Christentums in die deutschen Urwälder,

1864

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

161,5 x 256,3 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

19th-century Painting

Genre

Painting

Inventory number

11445

Acquisition

1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen – Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Joseph von Führich, Einführung des Christentums in die deutschen Urwälder, 1864, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen – Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Pdxz2Zwxw5 (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

Führich depicts the Christianisation of the Germanic tribes as a civilising process. It begins on the left with a life dominated by hunting and ends on the right with the cultural achievements of the first monks: the young are taught the principles of Christian salvation, the forests are cleared and the land is cultivated. A knight worshipping an image of the Virgin Mary occupies the centre. In the distance on the far right a stone-built monastery with a large church dominates the landscape.