View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Claude's Villa, and St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, Part One
date: label: Date
content: March 18, 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing the first part of a panoramic sketch showing views of Castel Sant'Angelo, Claude's Villa, and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. In the foreground, the east bank of the Tiber River is visible at left with a flock of sheep or goats atop a berm on the riverbank, while a gate and a fence are visible behind them at left. The wide Tiber River extends from the foreground at right and curves out of view in the middle distance at left. In the background at left, the round Castel Sant'Angelo is visible while Claude's Villa is sketched in some detail across the river at center. In the background at right, the immense dome of St. Peter's Basilica is prominently visible. Other houses, trees, and bushes are included throughout the scene.
place: label: place depicted
content: Rome, Italy
label: made in
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: 1917-4-594-b
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
label: Dimensions
content: 29.9 × 44.1 cm (11 3/4 × 17 3/8 in.)