Broken Column of the Parthenon, Athens
date: label: Date
content: April 1869
name: label: Maker
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape and architecture sketch showing a view of a fallen column of the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The foreground comprises a large portion of the scene, and includes a close view of several column drums, or cylindical blocks that make up the segments of an ancient stone column. Four fluted drums lie on the ground in a series from lower right to center, surrounded by tufts of grass that cover the ground. Other stones are visible at left and lower center. In the background, a hill, rendered in purple, forms a rounded horizon beneath a blue and open sky.
place: label: made in
content: Athens, Greece
label: place depicted
content: Athens, Greece
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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: 1917-4-574-a
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 28 × 38.6 cm (11 × 15 3/16 in.)