Mountain View from the Königssee, Germany
date: label: Date
content: 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 overlooking the Königssee in Germany, and the sheer mountainsides that make up its shoreline. In foreground, a steep, wooded slope descends to the lower left corner, where a path of the lake is visible. In middle distance at left, another sheer mountainside descends into the water. Distant twin mountain peaks are visible at center through a "V" created by the nearby ridges.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed architectural sketches around Berchtesgaden, Germany, showing views of an arched bridge, inverted and visible at center, a church on a hillside at upper left, a pointed tower at upper center, and a birdhouse at upper right.
place: label: made in
content: Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
label: place depicted
content: Berchtesgaden, 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: 1917-4-272-b
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 blue wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 21 × 12.2 cm (8 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)