Al-Khazneh, Petra
date: label: Date
content: February–March 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture and landscape study showing a view of stone-carved structure known as Al-Khazneh, or "The Treasury," at Petra in present-day Jordan. The immediate foreground along the lower margin consists of sporadic green shrubs growing out of dark soil. At center, the facade of Al-Khazneh is shown at an oblique angle, partly due to the narrow width of the canyon. The structure's Corinthian columns, decorated pediments and entablatures, and other classical architectural features are delineated in greater detail. The cliffside flanking Al-Khazneh is dark and rough with patches of brown and red, colors which are more pronounced in the structure itself. At far left, the entrance the canyon, known as the Siq, is possibly visible beneath a small patch of blue sky.
place: label: place depicted
content: Ottoman Empire (present day 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: 1917-4-485-a
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 32.8 × 50.8 cm (12 15/16 × 20 in.)