Dome of St. Peter's Basilica from the Pincian Hill, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: October 1868 - April 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 the dome of St. Peter's Basilica through a window created by trees on the Pincian Hill in Rome. At left and right, the trunks and lower boughs of two trees on either side frame distant view of the dome, which is faintly rendered at center.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architectural sketch showing the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican with one of its towers. While some details are included, the buildings are mostly outlines. Sketch situation on the left side of the sheet.
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: 1917-4-156
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 8.6 x 12.3 cm (3 3/8 x 4 13/16 in.)