Landscape Scene near Velletri, Italy
date: label: Date
content: April 29, 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 a view of a castle with a tower on a hill overlooking lush terrain with a pond or lake in the middle distance, where a figure stands on its shoreline. In foreground at right, a slight elevation is shown covered in flowers and other vegetation. In background at right, a tall, conical mountain is visible. At left, a sketch showing a bundle of tall grass or weeds is included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architecture and landscape sketch showing an oblique view of a tall, rectangular tower near Velletri, Italy, that soars over the nearby vine-covered structures and trees, viewed at a distance.
place: label: place depicted
content: Velletri, Italy
label: made in
content: Velletri, 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: 1917-4-86
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 brown laid paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)