The Watzmann through Mist, 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 Watzmann above a misty valley near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, in present-day Germany. In the foreground, a group of nearby evergreen trees is visible in the lower left corner, with another heavily wooded hillside at lower right. Another heavily wooded slope emerges at left from an expanse of mist that blankets the middle distance. In the background at upper left, what is likely the incredibly sheer and dramatic southern peak of the Watzmann pierces the misty veil and rises into luminous, sun-soaked clouds. An extremely rugged ridge is visible in the background at right, beyond misty hilltops covered in trees.
place: label: made in
content: near 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: 1917-4-578-a
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, graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 23.2 × 30.4 cm (9 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.)