Houses on a Hilltop, Italy
date: label: Date
content: October 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 several houses on a hilltop overlooking rolling terrain in Italy, with other buildings visible in the background at right. At center, a large villa is perched atop the hill's highest point, while at least two other buildings are situated to its left. One building spews a column of smoke from its chimney. Horizon comprised of rolling hills.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view of a cave entrance on a body of water in Italy. At center, the rough, undulating forms of the rock face are illuminated by light reflect off of the water. Forms are indistinct and nearly abstract.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
label: place depicted
content: 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: 1917-4-1497
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 tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 12.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)