Domes of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, 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: Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of the domes of St. Peter's Basilica with a separate grove of trees. At center, the primary dome of the St. Peter's is promintently featured with some of the columns and niches around its base loosely articulated. Likely viewed from the north, another, ancillary dome is shown at left. At right, a grove of trees on flat terrain is shown oriented to the right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Mixed sketches of festive decorations and a figure in Rome, Italy. In upper portion, two balconies are shown covered in draped cloth; at center, two banners hang out of windows; at right, a woman is shown from behind; and below, an indistinct design that might be two mugs of beer is included.
place: label: place depicted
content: Rome, Italy
label: made in
content: Roma, 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: 1917-4-162
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: 8.6 × 12.1 cm (3 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)