Temples of Hera I and II, Paestum, Italy
date: label: Date
content: April 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of the Temples of Hera I and II at Paestum, Italy. Positioned on a rise east of the Temples, the artist was facing westward, looking out to the sea--which here creates a flat horizon. At center, the Temple of Hera I is viewed obliquely, as is the Temple of Hera II, beside it at right. In the foreground at left a house with a window is visible beside a small, winding stream. In the middle distance and right, one tree is prominetly sketched with two others behind it at right. At upper center, a detail of the view out to sea, with a corner of one of the temples, is included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a loosely rendered view of the flat coastal landscape around Paestum, Italy, with bushes sketched throughout and the Temple of Hera II visible at far right.
place: label: place depicted
content: Paestum, Italy
label: made in
content: Paestum, 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: 1917-4-494
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 beige wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 30.1 × 54.3 cm (11 7/8 × 21 3/8 in.)