Clouds and Rainbow over a Mountain Valley

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape study of dramatic storm clouds and rainbow over a mountain valley. Tumultuous clouds rendered in shades of both dark grey and orange-pink. A bright and clearly defined rainbow shines at right. Mountains visible in distance. Suggestion of a river in dark horizontal striation along lower portion of composition, within valley. Foreground rendered in deep evergreen.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
1845-1865
Accession Number
1917-4-384-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil on paperboard
Dimensions
25.3 × 32.7 cm (9 15/16 × 12 7/8 in.)
place depicted
Jamaica
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Record ID
chndm_1917-4-384-b
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ecfcb870-1ec4-4336-80ee-e6f22bf3ff7f
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