Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape study showing an elevated view of the Bavarian Alps, with the Hoher Göll
and Schönfeldspitze visible in the background. A green, grassy hilltop gently arches across the foreground, as two small figures sit on the slope at left. In the middle distance, overlapping, wooded mountain ridges extend into to the horizon. Due to aerial perspective, each succeeding ridge is hazier than the last. In the distance at center, the snow-capped Hoher Göll is shown with the sharp, pyramidal peak of Schönfeldspitze beside it to the right.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
June - July 1868
Accession Number
1917-4-579-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil paint and graphite on tan paperboard
Dimensions
32.6 × 50.8 cm (12 13/16 in. × 20 in.)
made in
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
place depicted
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-579-b