Architectural Detail at the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, Lebanon
date: label: Date
content: May 6, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architecture sketch showing a detail view of the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon. Two engaged Corinthian columns support a ruined entablature while a broken pediment is positioned between the column capitals, and similarly, an arched niche is visible between the column shafts. Two other ornate niches are visible at left. Wall made up of ancient rectangular stone blocks.
label: Description
content: Verso: Architecture sketch showing a loosely rendered view of the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon. Situated in the middle distance at center, across terrain strewn with ruinous stones, the temple is viewed obliquely from the side and only a fraction of its columns are rendered. The entablature and cornice are missing in the center portion of the building. A fraction of another building is cut off along the left margin.
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: 1917-4-1453
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 gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 20.9 × 12.4 cm (8 1/4 × 4 7/8 in.)