Sketch of a Pointed Roof
date: label: Date
content: probably June–September 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture sketch showing a view of a pointed roof, likely in Bavaria, Austria, or Switzerland. Positioned in the upper half of the composition, the roof is viewed slightly obliquely with its front and right sides visible. A small gabled window is located in each of the roof's four sections. The building's roof line continues at left and right, while a gable is completely rendered below the pointed roof at center.
place: label: made in
content: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland
label: place depicted
content: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland
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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: 1917-4-1179-a
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 gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.5 × 6.7 cm (4 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.)