Columns of the Parthenon, Athens
date: label: Date
content: April 21, 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 three columns of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, seen from the north. The immediate foreground is unfinished and includes portions of large stone blocks. Behind them, three fluted, doric columns supporting a ruinous entablature taper slightly as they ascend. Vegetation and other detritus is visible on the surface of the stones. In the background, a rugged mountain range forms an undulating horizon beneath a blue and open sky.
place: label: place depicted
content: Athens, Greece
label: made in
content: Athens, Greece
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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: 1917-4-573-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 bright green paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 50.5 × 30.6 cm (19 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.)