Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Part Two
date: label: Date
content: March 27-31, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing a northwest-facing view of Jerusalem and the Garden of Gethsemane from the Mount of Olives. In the foreground, the lush vegetation and numerous trees of the Garden are visible, with the Tomb of the Virgin possibly shown at lower center left. Another structure is visible at center. Beyond, the eastern wall of Jerusalem stretches across the middle distance, with the Lion's Gate and the Bab al-Asbat minaret of the Al-Aqsa mosque visible at left. A corner of the Temple Mount complex is also shown here, with the rest of the city extending toward the horizon. Mountains and hills are shown along the horizon at right. Lower half of composition rendered only in graphite.
place: label: made in
content: Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
label: place depicted
content: Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
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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: 1917-4-1321
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: 32.8 × 50.8 cm (12 15/16 in. × 20 in.)