Königssee, Bavaria (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 study showing a view from an elevated perspective of the Königssee in Bavaria, in present day Germany. In the immediate foreground, the top of a conifer tree is visible at left. Below, the emerald-blue waters of the lake extend into the middle distance and curve around a sheer mountainside at right that meets the water at a nearly perpendicular angle. Its wooded slopes ascend out of the frame at upper right. At left, a steep wooded mountain ridge forms the lake's opposite shoreline, creating a narrow channel at center. Two relatively miniscule row boats are visible on the water's surface at center and lower right. In the background, a rocky, snowy alpine massif backdrops the scene. Above, puffy clouds hang in an otherwise blue sky.
place: label: made in
content: Bavaria, Germany
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-562-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: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 28.8 × 30.2 cm (11 5/16 × 11 7/8 in.)