Obersee, Bavaria (Germany)
date: label: Date
content: July 17, 1868
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 the Obersee and the surrounding peaks and ridges of the Bavarian alps, looking north from the lake's southern shore. In the foreground, the placid waters of the lake extend to the opposite shoreline in the middle distance. At right, a steep mountainside creates an abrupt, curving shoreline. At left, a similarly steep, almost vertical slope plunges into the lake. In the background, the peak of the mountain known as Hachelkopf are visible at upper left, and the peaks of the Watzmann are shown in the background at upper right.
place: label: made in
content: Bavaria, Germany
label: place depicted
content: Bavaria, Germany
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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: 1917-4-553-c
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite and white gouache on gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.1 × 44.2 cm (11 7/8 × 17 3/8 in.)