Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Landscape and architecture sketch showing a distanced and elevated view of an Italian Gothic church or cathedral in a town in southern Switzerland or northern Italy. In the foreground at right, the side of a nearby building is shown with a window and a door. In the middle distance at center, a church is viewed obliquely and features a tall, rectangular belltower with two levels of arched openings. At left, another church with a spire is visible. In the background, a rolling mountain range forms the horizon, while a partly cloud sky is loosely rendered above.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- August - September, 1868
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-1080
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- drawing
- Type
- drawing
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
- Dimensions
- 20.8 × 28.4 cm (8 3/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
- probably made in
- Switzerland or Italy
- place probably depicted
- Switzerland or Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-1080
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4478f33f7-f619-429a-9a0a-c6bf652c0201
