Classical Ruins, Syria
date: label: Date
content: April or May 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architectural sketch showing a view of an ancient colonnade at sunset, likely near Damascus, Syria. The standing colonnade is made up of three Corinthian columns supporting a ruinous entablature. They catch the pinkish peach light of the setting sun. Columns are situated beside a small, arched stone bridge visible at center. A small figure is visible in the foreground at lower center. In the middle distance, a green, rolling landscape extends toward a hazy and indefinite horizon. The moon begins to rise in a twilight sky characterized by pink clouds and a yellow-aquamarine gradient.
place: label: made in
content: Possibly near Damascus, Syria
label: place depicted
content: Possibly near Damascus, Syria
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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: 1917-4-1081
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 paint and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 18.1 × 25.7 cm (7 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.)