Claude's Villa and St. Peter's, Rome, Italy
date: label: Date
content: December 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 sketch showing a view of St. Peter's Basilica and Claude Lorrain's villa, as seen from across the River Tiber. The river's waters and nearby banks occupy the foreground, as three barren trees are showing on the opposite shore. In the middle distance at left, a large home--the former villa of French landscape painter Claude Lorrain--is visible. In the distance at center, the tall dome of St. Peter's Basilica dominates the skyline. In the background, the setting sun paints a rich tapestry of yellow and orange hues across an otherwise blue sky.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
label: place depicted
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: 1917-4-308-b
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
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: 11.4 × 22.6 cm (4 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.)