Column of Phocas, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: December 1868 - April 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture study of the Column of Phocas in the Imperial Forum of Rome, Italy, looking northeast. Dominating the composition at center, the column stands on a stone plinth and its Corinthian capital is partially broken. Upper portion of the column catches the sun's light. In the background at left, the brick facade of the Curia Iulia is visible. Behind, a clear blue sky is shown while the brown ground is visible around all margins.
label: Description
content: Verso: Loose botanical sketch of a deciduous tree with few leaves, and a detail of one of its leaves.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-621
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 47.3 × 30.3 cm (18 5/8 × 11 15/16 in.)