And Still Another Painting by Friedrich

Morning Landscape from 1822. Again, an otherwise unremarkable scene filled with all sorts of prescience and intimations of larger things. There is a little touch of allegory, the shepherd leaning against the mighty ancient oak tree in the center foreground (and forms moved front and center in a picture usually recall sacramental religious imagery, things meant to be seen and contemplated as though on an altar or in an icon). But, that is only a kind of clue to remind us that this landscape is about far more than the enjoyment of scenery.