Misty Mountains near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)
date: label: Date
content: June–July 1868
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 misty mountains near Berchtesgaden in present-day Germany. Viewed from an elevated perspective, numerous evergreen treetops are suffused with diaphanous vapor on a hillside that descends to green pastures and grassy fields in the middle distance at center. Heavily wooded mountainsides at left and right descends towards center and frame a view of an immense, rocky summit in the background--likely that of the Hochkalter. The mountainside at left--likely the lower slopes of the Grünstein--are covered with thin blankets of fog. The sky above is a diverse mix of low-lying, puffy clouds and higher, wispier ones. A patch of blue sky is visible at upper right.
place: label: made in
content: near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, present-day Germany
label: place depicted
content: near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, present-day Germany
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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: 1917-4-287-a
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 on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 24.1 × 30.3 cm (9 1/2 × 11 15/16 in.)