Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Sketch showing an oblique view of a rectangular Roman sarcophagus in Rome or Pompeii, Italy. Supported by an elaborate base, the sarcophagus features on its side a carving of a winged creature, and of kneeling figures in the corners of its lid. The long side of the sarcophagus is blank.
- Verso: Architecture and landscape sketch showing a frontal view of a rectangular Roman sarcophagus in the immediate foreground at left, and a church with a tower beside a tree in the distance at right. The sarcophagus features several indistinct carvings on its face, with those of kneeling angels in the corners of its lid.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- October 1868 - April 1869
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-1504
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
- Dimensions
- 11.4 × 8.8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in.)
- made in
- Rome or Pompeii, Italy
- place depicted
- Rome or Pompeii, 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_1917-4-1504
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cb06e873-a5ce-4e2b-86a3-d59152b59698
