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Alpine Landscape

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Landscape study showing a view of a mountain range from midway up a steep, lush hillside in the alps of Bavaria, Austria, or Switzerland. In the foreground, a vibrant green grass climbs up the steep slope of a mountain at right, which is partially shaded. This ridge leads to sharp, rocky, and snow-strewn peaks in the background at upper right. The serrated ridge across the valley is entirely enshrouded and seemingly appears as a sheer rock wall. View of the valley at its base is cutoff.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Louis P. Church

    Date

    June - August, 1868

    Accession Number

    1917-4-399

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    landscapes

    Object Name

    drawing

    Type

    drawing

    Medium

    Oil and graphite on tan paperboard

    Dimensions

    33 × 50.7 cm (13 in. × 19 15/16 in.)

    made in

    Germany, Austria, or Switzerland

    place depicted

    Germany, Austria, or Switzerland

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    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42749ecc8-0906-47ad-8350-4f3d865fbe46

    Record ID

    chndm_1917-4-399

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