Bernini's Fountain in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
date: label: Date
content: January 1869
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Architectural sketch showing an oblique view of Bernini's fountain in St. Peter's Square, set against the facade of St. Peter's Basilica. At left, the double-tiered fountain shoots water high into the air, blurring a view of statues behind it. In the background, the facade colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica, surmounted by tall statues, is visible.
label: Description
content: Verso: Loose landscape and architecture sketch showing a view overlooking the city of Rome, with the lantern of St. Peter's Basilica in the immediate foreground and the Tiber River in the background. A partly cloudy sky comprises the upper half of the composition.
place: label: place depicted
content: The Vatican
label: place depicted
content: Rome, Italy
label: made in
content: The Vatican
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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: 1917-4-154
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 tan wove paper; verso: graphite
label: Dimensions
content: 8.6 × 11.8 cm (3 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.)