Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Landscape study showing an imagined view of a South American landscape with two towering, snow-capped peaks--Chimborazo at left and Cotopaxi in the distance at center, which are shown in much closer proximity than they are in actuality. In the foreground at right, a church is perched atop a rocky promontory from which the base of a vibrant rainbow springs. The church overlooks a river valley in the foreground at left that includes a bridge and a group of buildings. This lush plain extends to the middle distance, which it is bounded by a steep rise that leads to a rocky mountaintop at right. At center, a waterfall visibly cascades down this abrupt mountainside, leading to the river in the foreground. The mountains Chimborazo and Cotopaxi are visible in the background across an elevated plain, also known as a "páramo." Above, a dark cloud bank at left hangs in an otherwise open and blue sky.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- 1853 - 1854
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-708
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- landscapes
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 28.6 × 43.2 cm (11 1/4 in. × 17 in.)
- place depicted
- South America
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-708
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42ab1b30a-0e49-459c-9623-8c60c62d07e8
