Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Landscape sketch showing a view of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, looking westward from an elevated point southeast of the Acropolis.The immediate foreground consists of a grassy hill that descends from right to left. In the middle distance at center, a windmill with stucco walls is perched atop a gentle hill, while, in the middle distance at right, the Temple of Olympian Zeus is shown with its ruinous colonnade. Above it at right, the Parthenon is visible atop a dark and rocky Acropolis. Across a grassy valley or declivity, the Philopappos Hill is shown with the Philopappos Monument noticeably positioned on top of it. In the background, a luminous setting sun hangs above a purple, rugged mountain range while the sky is clear and blue-green.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- April 1869
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-360-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- landscapes
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 32.9 × 50.8 cm (12 15/16 × 20 in.)
- made in
- Athens, Greece
- place depicted
- Athens, Greece
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-360-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq401b7a3de-d4a1-46bf-a43f-370440c22524
