Valère Basilica, Sion, Switzerland
date: label: Date
content: August 25, 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 Valère Basilica in Sion, Switzerland. The massive, rectilinear, multi-tiered structure of the basilica is visible atop a rocky prominence at center. Below, an unfinished sketch of a sharp, craggy, snow-covered mountain peak is visible.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of a city skyline below a vibrant, cloudy sunset. At center, an arched structure is visible with a dome in the distance to the left. The city itself is hastily shaded.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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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: 1917-4-1498
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 on white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12.8 × 8.6 cm (5 1/16 × 3 3/8 in.)