Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Part One
date: label: Date
content: March–April 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing a view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. A loosely rendered, grassy hill extends across the foreground and hosts a solitary figure in draped clothing at lower center, standing beside three olive trees. At left, the facade and dome of what is likely Dominus Flevit Church is left largely unrendered. Across a dark green declivity in the middle distance (which hosts the Garden of Gethsemane), the walls of Jerusalem rise abruptly, with the Temple Mount prominently visible at right. The Al-Aqsa Mosque beside is also visible, in the middle distance at center. An amalgamated mass of buildings that comprise the city extend into the background at right, while rural, rolling countryside is visible at left. The sun shines through the thick atmosphere at upper right, illuminating the sky in a light orange glow.
place: label: made in
content: Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
label: place depicted
content: Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
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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: 1917-4-763
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and oil paint, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 32.7 × 51 cm (12 7/8 × 20 1/16 in.)