Shrine in the Woods near Ceppo Morelli, Italy
date: label: Date
content: September 11, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of a shrine in the woods near the village of Ceppo Morelli, Italy. Viewed obliquely at center, the shrine is made of stucco with a stone tile roof and has a large, arched opening at front. Boulders, trees, and other vegetation surround the small structure on all sides. Scene shaded in some detail.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of an arched stone bridge known as the Ponte Romano spanning the Anza near the village of Ceppo Morelli, Italy. In foreground at left and right, rocks, soil, and rushing water are shown beneath the bridge, visible in the middle distance at center. Bridge's guardrail and individual stones shown in some detail. In the background, soaring alpine mountains are faintly rendered.
place: label: made in
content: Ceppo Morelli, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Ceppo Morelli, 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: 1917-4-1304
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, brush and white and peach gouache on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 11.9 × 20.7 cm (4 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.)