Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape sketch showing a view of the Acropolis and the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, from the south at sunrise. In the foreground, columns and other ruins or buildings are loosely rendered within lush, rolling terrain that ascends to the Acropolis in the middle distance. A relatively flat plateau with sheer cliffs, the Acropolis hosts the ruinous Parthenon, as both catch the golden-pink light of the rising sun. In the background at left, a purple mountain range is colored pink by the sunrise, which renders the sky a dim shade of orange-blue.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
April 1869
Accession Number
1917-4-507-a
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
11.4 x 22.6 cm (4 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
made in
Athens, Greece
place depicted
Athens, Greece
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-507-a