Sketches from Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: November 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere and architecture sketches showing three views of cloudy skies and two of buildings in Rome, Italy. At center, a towering and billowing cloud blocks the sun's light and sends distinct crepuscular rays radiating into the sky above. Other billowing peaks are also part of this wide cloud bank. At upper center, a variously lit sunset sky is shown. At far left, the top of a square tower is included, while at far right, the domes of St. Peter's Basilica are loosely sketched. At lower center and oppositely oriented, a sketch of two clouds over the sea is included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view overlooking Rome, Italy. In the middle distance at far left, the Column of Marcus Aurelius is visible atop a dark and loosely rendered ridge with numerous indistinct buildings, save a Greek temple-like building at center right. In the background at center, the domes of St. Peter's Basilica are prominently visible beyond a rolling and darkly sketched urban landscape. Billowing clouds rise behind the horizon and backdrop the scene.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
label: place depicted
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: 1917-4-891
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 light brown wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 16.8 × 23 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.)