Object Details
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Landscape study showing a view of the sun cresting the top of a mountain ridge in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. In the middle distance and loosely rendered, a rocky and rugged alpine ridge creates a jagged horizon that stretches across the composition. Snow or ice blankets the mountains at left. Above, the sun peaks over the top of the ridge, sending beams of light across the landscape and illuminated the tallest peaks at right.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Date
August 1868
Accession Number
1917-4-361-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Dimensions
29.7 × 46.7 cm (11 11/16 × 18 3/8 in.)
place depicted
Switzerland
made in
Switzerland
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-361-b