Roman Skyline with St. Peter's Basilica, Italy
date: label: Date
content: October 1868 - April 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architectural sketch showing a view of the Roman skyline with the domes of St. Peter's Basilica prominently featured in middle distance at center right. In foreground, nearby buildings are outlined with a tower shown at center left. In the background, the undulating horizon suggests the hills and buildings of Rome.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape and atmospheric sketch showing a view of a partly cloudy sky near Rome, Italy. In immediate foreground at center, a slice of nearby wooded terrain is loosely rendered. Above, long and hazy clouds intermingle with puffier ones in a dynamic sky scene.
place: label: place depicted
content: Rome, Italy
label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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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: 1917-4-155
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 12.3 cm (3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)