Cayambe, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: June 24, 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A part of a church stands at left upon an elevation. A gate is shown beneath it. A man in a red coat approaches the gate. View across the valley to snow covered peaks rising over the clouds. Study.
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing a view of the snow-capped volcano known as Cayambe in Ecuador. In the foreground, a figure wearing a red coat stands in front of a gate or shrine in the form of an arch. Beside it at right, a shallow stream winds around the ruddy terrain while a dense grove of green trees is visible across it at center right. At left, a colonial Spanish church is prominently situated on an abrupt hill and overlooks the landscape below it. It features a square belltower with two windows and a entry way with stairs. Visible in the background, beyond rugged hills in the middle distance, the snow-capped peak of Cayambe is seemingly bisected by a long cloud bank in front of it. Above the cloud, the peak has a rosy-golden tinge, while below it, the snow is colored a distinct shade of light blue, indicating that this section of the mountain is in shadow. More clouds are shown at right while the sky itself is a gradient from blue-green to grayish red.
place: label: made in
content: Cayambe, Ecuador
label: place depicted
content: Ecuador, South America
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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: 1917-4-789
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 tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 16.6 × 29 cm (6 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)