Moonlight over an Alpine Village
date: label: Date
content: June - September, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing a nocturnal view of a village in the European Alps under a full moon. In the middle distance at left, a church and its belltower rise above a faintly discernable collection of trees and houses in the foreground at right. In the background, the silhouette of a jagged and towering mountain range forms the distant horizon. Clouds hang low over their peaks. Above, the bright and brillant full moon radiates an orange and yellow halo, casting an green light over the landscape.
place: label: made in
content: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland
label: place depicted
content: Germany, Austria, or Switzerland
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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: 1917-4-1369
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: 24 × 32.7 cm (9 7/16 × 12 7/8 in.)