Roofs of an Italian Town
date: label: Date
content: 1868 - 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture and atmosphere sketch showing an enormous, billowing storm cloud in the distance that backdrops a view of nearby building roofs. Visible at center, the thunderhead is tinged in hues of cream and rose. In the foreground, among several building roofs, a rectangular cupola with a pyramidal roof is visible at center left.
label: Description
content: Verso: Light, loose, and indistinct landscape sketch of a mountainous landscape, possibly showing a cave, grotto, or tomb.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-734
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 17.1 × 22.9 cm (6 3/4 in. × 9 in.)