Object Details
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of a fallen column of the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The foreground comprises a large portion of the scene, and includes a close view of several column drums, or cylindical blocks that make up the segments of an ancient stone column. Four fluted drums lie on the ground in a series from lower right to center, surrounded by tufts of grass that cover the ground. Other stones are visible at left and lower center. In the background, a hill, rendered in purple, forms a rounded horizon beneath a blue and open sky.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- April 1869
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-574-a
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
- Dimensions
- 28 × 38.6 cm (11 × 15 3/16 in.)
- made in
- Athens, Greece
- place depicted
- Athens, Greece
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-574-a
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq471253575-2be1-469b-aabd-46f15a2edf67
