Sunset over St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
date: label: Date
content: December 1868 - April 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape sketch showing a view of a vibrant sunset over St. Peter's Basilica and Rome, likely viewed from the Pincian Hill. Foreground is an indistinct hillside with some vegetation and structures, notably a tall figural statue on a plint, visible at center. Behind this statue, in the middle distance at center, the lofty dome of St. Peter's dominates the city skyline, both of which are painted in a uniform hue of light purple. Above, the setting sun illuminates a cloud bank in shades of yellow, orange, and red, and renders the sky a gradient from yellow to blue.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Rome, Italy
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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: 1917-4-610-a
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: 11.6 × 22.9 cm (4 9/16 in. × 9 in.)