The Old Bridge at Pontegrande, Italy
date: label: Date
content: September 12, 1868
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 of the old and new bridges in the Italian village of Pontegrande in the Pennine Alps. Viewed obliquely at center, the single primary arch of the old stone bridge spans a stream with rocky banks. An ancillary arch is visible to the left. Looming over the structure is the soaring arch of the new bridge, built behind it. Two massive pillars support the arch on either side of the stream. At left and vertically oriented is another sketch of the old bridge. Above it and oppositely oriented, a hasty sketch of a house's facade is visible.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of the mountain Monte Rose in the Pennine Alps of Italy. Steep, wooded slopes in the foreground at left and right form a narrow valley that frames a view of snow-capped mountains in the background. The jagged peak of Monte Rosa is visible at center.
place: label: place depicted
content: Pontegrande, Italy
label: made in
content: Pontegrande, 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: 1917-4-525
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: 12 × 20.7 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)