Temple of Jupiter at Sunrise, Baalbek, Syria (Lebanon)
date: label: Date
content: May 7, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural study showing the ruins of the southwestern portion of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek in present-day Lebanon.Touched by the light of the rising sun, a colonnade made up of seven Corinthian columns supporting a ruinous entablature is viewed obliquely at center. The area around the colonnade is strewn with other stones, ruins, and collapsed walls. The sun is visible near the horizon at center.
label: Description
content: Verso: Loose architectural sketch of the colonnade of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, Lebanon, visible at left, with sketches of a human figure at upper right and a laden donkey, shown from the front at lower right.
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: 1917-4-1187
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 and white gouache on white wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 12.4 × 20.7 cm (4 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)