Summit of the Watzmann, near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)
date: label: Date
content: July 9, 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 of a rocky, rugged peaks of the Watzmann in the Bavarian alps near Berchtesgaden, present-day Germany. At left and right, rolling, wooded ridges descent toward the center to frame a view of the precipitous summit of the Watzmann. Partially covered in snowfields, the mountain's peak is characterized by massive granite pinnacles.
place: label: made in
content: Berchtesgaden, 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: 1917-4-1276-a
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 and white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24.5 × 44.1 cm (9 5/8 × 17 3/8 in.)