Interior, Temple of Phaena at Al-Masmiyah, Syria
date: label: Date
content: April 28, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural study showing the interior of the ancient praetorium (temple) of Phaena, then located in Al-Masmiyah, Syria. At left and right, Corinthian columns leading down a central aisle terminating in semicircular niche crowned by an arch that is decorated with an inlaid, scalloped design. Two blocks of the arch are missing, allowing bright sun light to come through. The finely-hewn stones of the temple well rest atop the arch. At far left, a subsidiary space is shown with another set of columns.
place: label: made in
content: Al-Masmiyah, Syria
label: place depicted
content: Al-Masmiyah, Syria
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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: 1917-4-489-b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Type
content: drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite and white gouache on green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.4 × 44.1 cm (10 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.)