Church and Covered Bridge, Perugia, Italy
date: label: Date
content: September 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural Sketches showing two separate views of buildings in Perugia, Italy. Above, a small church is viewed obliquely and is characterized by a classical facade with a pediment, as well as a separate arch surmounted by a cross. Below, a view of a large stone house is included. A tower at left connects to the main structure via a covered, arched bridge over a street. At right, the house's tall chimney is visible.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed sketches from around Perugia and Florence showing, at right, the top of the tower of the Basilica of Saint Peter in Perugia, the statue of the figure of Justice atop the Column of Justice in Florence, at center, and in the lower portion, a tall reed of grass is shown beside an indistinct architectural sketch.
place: label: made in
content: Perugia and Florence, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Perugia and Florence, 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: 1917-4-1472
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan laid paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12 × 21.2 cm (4 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.)