Temples of Hera at Paestum, Italy
date: label: Date
content: 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 architecture sketch showing a view of the Temples of Hera at Paestum, Italy. Prominently situated in the middle distance at center, the Temple of Hera II--with its pediment still partially intact--extends obliquely into the distance, where the Temple of Hera I is visible with its collapsed pediment. A segment of stone wall is visible in the immediate foreground at lower left. Scene generally loosely rendered.
label: Description
content: Verso: Landscape sketch showing a view in Paestum, Italy. Olive trees are shown at center with one of the Temples of Hera beside them at right. In the background, the outline of a rugged mountain range is faintly rendered.
place: label: made in
content: Paestum, Italy
label: place depicted
content: Paestum, 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: 1917-4-495-a
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 light gray-green wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.3 × 44.1 cm (11 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)