Sketches around the Königssee, Bavaria, and Vöcklabruck, Austria
date: label: Date
content: July - August 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Mixed sketches showing buildings around the town of Vöcklabruck, Austria, and, most prominently, a view of the southern end of the Königssee. Precipitous mountainsides plunge into the lakes waters, while St. Bartholomew's Church is faintly visible on the shoreline at bottom right. At left, three architecture sketches are shown--the outline of an A-frame building, a more detailed frontal view of an A-frame building, and at upper left, a large rectangular building with tall, square towers flanking its sides. At upper center, the top of a chimney is shown beside a Gothic church with a gate tower and pyramidal steeple. Finally, at upper right, a woman wearing a dress and a wide-brim hat is included.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of the mountain known as the Teufelshörner (or "Devil's Horns") looming over the Königssee. A slice of the lake itself is visible along the lower margin, beside a heavily wooded shoreline. At left, the prominence known as Salet Alp is visible. In the middle distance, two towering mountainsides descend towards each other at center to create a sharp "V" through which the jagged and snow-covered Teufelshörner is visible. Light clouds are suspended around the mountain's sharp peak and allow subtle sun rays to burst through.
place: label: made in
content: near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
label: place depicted
content: near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
label: place depicted
content: Vöcklabruck, Austria
label: made in
content: Vöcklabruck, Austria
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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: 1917-4-1199
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 on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache
label: Dimensions
content: 17.7 × 24.7 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)