Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Architecture and landscape study showing a view of stone-carved structure known as Al-Khazneh, or "The Treasury," at Petra in present-day Jordan. The immediate foreground along the lower margin consists of sporadic green shrubs growing out of dark soil. At center, the facade of Al-Khazneh is shown at an oblique angle, partly due to the narrow width of the canyon. The structure's Corinthian columns, decorated pediments and entablatures, and other classical architectural features are delineated in greater detail. The cliffside flanking Al-Khazneh is dark and rough with patches of brown and red, colors which are more pronounced in the structure itself. At far left, the entrance the canyon, known as the Siq, is possibly visible beneath a small patch of blue sky.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- February–March 1868
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-485-a
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
- Dimensions
- 32.8 × 50.8 cm (12 15/16 × 20 in.)
- place depicted
- Ottoman Empire (present day Jordan)
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-485-a
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ca842a93-2d98-493c-82c1-3472017b40eb
