Hoher Göll and Hohes Brett from 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 sketch showing a view of the mountains Kehlstein, Hoher Göll, and Hohes Brett from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (present-day Germany). The foreground, including a prominence at right, is only rendered in graphite, while the remainder of the view is oil. In the middle distance, two small houses are visible in a field on the lower slopes of the Kehlstein, which is prominently situated at left. Its steep and heavily wooded slopes lead to a rounded summit at upper left. Behind it at center, the rugged mountainside and serrated ridge of Hoher Göll is partially veiled by clouds, while Hohes Brett--with a more rounded peak--is shown at right. Parts of their slopes capture a warm glow. Low, gray clouds hang above.
place: label: made in
content: Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-1131
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil paint, graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 32.6 × 50.5 cm (12 13/16 × 19 7/8 in.)