Königssee, Bavaria

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Object Details

Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Oil sketch of mountain lake in spectacular alpine setting. The lake around the Falkenstein shown from the northeastern shore. A tree top is in the left foreground. Two row boats are on the lake. The tops of the Jener and of the Fuhtensee Touern are shown.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
July 1868
Accession Number
1917-4-562-b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and oil, graphite on thin cream paperboard
Dimensions
28.5 x 32.8 cm (11 1/4 x 12 15/16 in.)
made in
USA
place depicted
Europe
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1917-4-562-b
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq448f5bf6a-5860-4c00-a5cf-d3e0b5eafc97
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