Temples at Baalbek from the Roman Quarry, Lebanon, Part One
date: label: Date
content: May 12, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architecture sketch showing the first part of a panoramic view of the temple complex at Baalbek, Lebanon, from the city's Roman Quarry. This description refers to the entire view, comprising two leaves with 1917-4-1333. The Quarry ascends a gentle slope in the foreground from lower center to center right. Numerous stone-cut blocks rest in a pile at lower center, while several others are shown closer at right. In the middle distance at center, across flat terrain with numerous trees, the Roman temple complex is sketched at center, with the extant colonnade of the Temple of Jupiter prominently visible at center left. In the background at left and right, two low mountains are shown along an otherwise flat horizon.
place: label: made in
content: Baalbek, Lebanon
label: place depicted
content: Baalbek, Lebanon
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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: 1917-4-518
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 green-gray paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.7 × 43.6 cm (10 7/8 × 17 3/16 in.)