Sunset in the Rhone Valley, Belalp, Switzerland
date: label: Date
content: August–September 1868
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 the Pennine Alps and the Rhone Valley from Belalp, Switzerland. In the foreground, a steep slope frames the view at right before descending to two rounded hilltops covered in conifer trees, at lower left. Beyond this nearby mountainside, the valley foor and possibly the Rhone River are visible at lower center, before the opposite valley face rises abruptly. This foremost, rocky mountain prominently visible at center is known as Glishorn. It catches the pink light of setting sun as its peak leads to an expansive, snow-covered massif. In the background, the immense, snow-capped peak of Fletschhorn is partially veiled in clouds. The sky above is open and blue.
place: label: made in
content: Belalp, Switzerland
label: place depicted
content: Switzerland
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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: 1917-4-285-a
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 tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 25.8 × 30.7 cm (10 3/16 × 12 1/16 in.)