Church of Guapulo, Quito, Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: September 2, 1853
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architectural study of a church now named the Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Guápulo, in the neighborhood of Guapulo in Quito, Ecuador. In the foreground, a courtyard garden is visible with a fountain and a stone balustrade, viewed obliquely. In the middle distance, the church is characterized by its ornate facade, long nave, and tall, tiled dome. At left and right, sloping hillsides define the valley. Tall mountains rise across a plain in the background.
place: label: made in
content: Quito, Ecuador
label: place depicted
content: Quito, Ecuador
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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: 1917-4-889
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.3 × 20 cm (4 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)