Salzburg, Austria, viewed from the Kapuzinerberg
date: label: Date
content: July 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view overlooking the city of Salzburg and its castle from a nearby hill called the Kapuzinerberg. At center, the hill known as the Festungsberg is shown crowned by the sprawling Hohensalzburg Fortress, or "High Salzburg Fortress." Numerous city buildings, including church domes and spires, are visible around the base of the hill. In front of the Festungsberg, the Salzach River flows through the wooded landscape. At left, the detail of an onion shaped steeple is shown.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of a ruinous castle gate and churches in a city whose exact location is unclear. At right, a large stone or brick building in shown with vegetation growing on its walls. A tree grows from the top of a tower attached to the wall at right, which appears to be arched or have a gate. In the middle distance at center, a large church with a rectangular, flat-topped belltower is visible, while another pointed tower is included at left.
place: label: made in
content: Salzburg, Austria
label: place depicted
content: Salzburg, Austria
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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: 1917-4-1084
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 17.7 × 24.6 cm (6 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.)