View of Rome from the Palazzo Braschi, Italy
date: label: Date
content: January 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view overlooking Rome from the upper stories of the Brasci Palace (or Palazzo Braschi). A tall tree dominates composition at center left. Behind it at left, the ornate dome of a church is visible. In the background, two other domes are visible in the skyline.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and architectural skech showing a view overlooking St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican from the north. A vibrant sunset is indicated in the background. In foreground at left, two figures admire the view.
place: label: place depicted
content: Rome, Italy
label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1917-4-161
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 11.8 cm (3 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.)