View of the Acropolis, Athens
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 sketch showing a view of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, looking westward from an elevated point southeast of the Acropolis.The immediate foreground consists of a grassy hill that descends from right to left. In the middle distance at center, a windmill with stucco walls is perched atop a gentle hill, while, in the middle distance at right, the Temple of Olympian Zeus is shown with its ruinous colonnade. Above it at right, the Parthenon is visible atop a dark and rocky Acropolis. Across a grassy valley or declivity, the Philopappos Hill is shown with the Philopappos Monument noticeably positioned on top of it. In the background, a luminous setting sun hangs above a purple, rugged mountain range while the sky is clear and blue-green.
place: label: made in
content: Athens, Greece
label: place depicted
content: Athens, Greece
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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: 1917-4-360-b
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 paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 32.9 × 50.8 cm (12 15/16 × 20 in.)