The Watzmann and Schönfeldspitze, near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)
date: label: Date
content: 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing an elevated view of the Bavarian Alps, with the Watzmann and Schönfeldspitze visible in the background. In the foreground, two converging, wooded mountainsides frame an expansive view of layered mountain ridges that extend to the horizon. Due to aerial perspective, each succeeding ridge is hazier than the last. In the distance at center, the snow-capped Watzmann is shown with the sharp, pyramidal peak of Schönfeldspitze beside it to the left.
place: label: made in
content: Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
label: place depicted
content: Bavaria, Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1917-4-579-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: 32.5 × 50.8 cm (12 13/16 in. × 20 in.)