The Hintersee, near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)
date: label: Date
content: June - July, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing a view of the Hintersee near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, and the rocky alps that surround it. The blue-green waters of the lake extend from the foreground to the middle distance, where they meet the lake's flat and wooded northern shoreline. Beyond, this forested terrain ascends to the base of a precipitous, rocky mountainside that dominates the composition at center. In the background, the pinnacles of a rocky mountain, possibly the Reiter Alpe, are visible above the central mountain. Above, the sky is partly clouded.
place: label: made in
content: Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
label: place depicted
content: Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
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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: 1917-4-474
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil paint and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 30.1 × 46.8 cm (11 7/8 × 18 7/16 in.)