Alpine Peaks
date: label: Date
content: June - August 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 alpine peaks in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. At left, a triangular or conical wooded hill frames a view of a rocky, snowy massif in the distance. Made up of several rounded peaks, rocky slopes, and deep crevasses, this imposing mountain range forms the horizon and serves as the focus of the composition.
place: label: made in
content: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland
label: place depicted
content: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland
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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: 1917-4-1360
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 paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 11.3 × 22.9 cm (4 7/16 in. × 9 in.)