German Romantic Landscape with Monastery Complex Lumbar Cushion

This design features a painting by the German artist Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880). It shows a beautiful and romantic landscape in the countryside of Germany. The landscape is forested with trees, and there is a monastery that is built like a fairytale-style castle on a hill. There is a monk and his religious attendant in the foreground of the image. The mountains in the background are majestic. A distant river can also be seen meandering through the landscape. There is bright sunlight streaming through the dark clouds in the sky. The original artwork was painted in 1834.