The Acropolis at Sunrise, Athens
date: label: Date
content: April 1869
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 the Acropolis and the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, from the south at sunrise. In the foreground, columns and other ruins or buildings are loosely rendered within lush, rolling terrain that ascends to the Acropolis in the middle distance. A relatively flat plateau with sheer cliffs, the Acropolis hosts the ruinous Parthenon, as both catch the golden-pink light of the rising sun. In the background at left, a purple mountain range is colored pink by the sunrise, which renders the sky a dim shade of orange-blue.
place: label: made in
content: Athens, Greece
label: place depicted
content: Athens, Greece
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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: 1917-4-507-a
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: 11.4 x 22.6 cm (4 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)