Architectural Details, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria
date: label: Date
content: May 7, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural sketch showing two views of carved decorations in the ancient Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, Syria. Horizontally oriented, a sketch of the left part of the framing of the fourth niche in the southeastern exedra of the altar court is visible at lower left. Vertically oriented at center, a dual-fish motif occupying the couch of the fifth niche is shown.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architectural sketch showing a view of the colonnade that surrounds the exedra in the high altar court of the Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek, Syria. Viewed obliquely at center, the Corinthian colonnade stands on its dado and supports a decorated entablature. Several stones are strewn around its base.
place: label: made in
content: Baalbek, Syria
label: place depicted
content: Baalbek, Syria
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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: 1917-4-515
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
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; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12.4 × 20.9 cm (4 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)