Moonrise over the Alps, Bavaria
date: label: Date
content: July 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing a view of the moon beginning to crest the ridge of a jagged mountain the Bavarian alps. The immediate foreground shows the floor of a narrow mountain valley enshrouded in darkness, with a small house situated in a clearing at left. In the middle distance, a steep wooded slope ascends out of the frame at upper left and frames the view of the distant, rugged peak. Behind the mountain, the nearly-visible moon emits a yellow halo that illuminates nearby clouds and renders the sky a shade of greenish-blue.
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: 1917-4-1365
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: 30.2 × 23.6 cm (11 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.)