Architectural Sketches of El Khasné, Petra, Jordan
date: label: Date
content: February 24-27, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture sketches showing a view of the rock-carved structure known as El Khasné in Petra, and several details from its façade. Prominently situated at center, the façade of El Khasné (also known as "The Treasury") is shown obliquely with the banded cliffside out of which it is hewn extending to the left and right. The structure's two-story façade is shown in some detail, with its colonnade and pediment on the ground level, and niches with sculptures and a broken pediment on the second level. At upper left, the urn atop the second story cylindrical feature is sketched in detail beside other Corinthian details. At lower left, portions of the entablature and pediment are shown, while at lower right, the capitals of Corinthian columns are included beside a detail of a broken column.
place: label: made in
content: Petra, Jordan
label: place depicted
content: Petra, Jordan
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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: 1917-4-486
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, brush and white gouache on gray-green paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.2 × 38.5 cm (10 5/16 × 15 3/16 in.)