Woodland Scene at Sunset
date: label: Date
content: probably 1847
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 loosely rendered view of the sun setting over a lush woodland scene with a small body of water. In the foreground, a group of large trees with full canopies frames the scene at left while other organic and rock-like formations are visible at right. Highlighted in white gouache, the sun begins to set at center as it reflects its light off of a stream or small lake at lower center. An indistinct rolling and wooded landscape comprises the middle distance, while puffy clouds hang above the horizon in the background.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and atmosphere sketch showing a view of the sunset or the sunrise over a rolling, bucolic landscape. In the middle distance, groups of trees are visible around a flat meadow or a sprawling body of water. In the background, a rolling range of relatively sharp hills stretches across the horizon while vertical sunbeams crest the range at center. Above, a low-lying cloud bank and other, small clouds are vibrantly lit by the light of the transitional sun.
place: label: made in
content: USA
label: place depicted
content: USA
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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: 1917-4-1156
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 light brown wove paper; verso: graphite and gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 15.9 × 24 cm (6 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)