Cloud Sketch and Figure of Cecrops
date: label: Date
content: 1868–90
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Atmosphere and figure sketch showing a view of clouds, at left, and the figure of the legendary first kind of Athens, Cecrops, at right. At left, puffy, white clouds hang above a gray bank of clouds over a dark landscape with a tree at right and several evenly spaced forms throughout. At right, a man with a beard and long hair is loosely rendered. He faces us with his hand on his hip and his head turned. According to the inscription, this figure is meant to be Cecrops. His clothing appears rough and incompletely rendered.
place: label: possibly made in
content: 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: 1917-4-1523
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 13.9 × 14.6 cm (5 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.)