Thunderstorm in the Alps
Social Media Share Tools
Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Oblique view of a valley. A church (probably Austrian or Bavarian) building with an onion steeple is shown in the right middle distance. Mountains are in the rear. A fire burns between two rainbows. Lightning strikes in the left middle distance.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- 1868
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-509
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- landscapes
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 29.4 × 44.5 cm (11 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-509
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4065f528d-259c-4d17-8116-b9a508f70bd3
This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Open Access page.
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.