Mountains by Moonlight, Colombia or Ecuador
date: label: Date
content: probably April–October 1853
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 nocturnal view of Andean mountains in Colombia or Ecuador. In the foreground, cattle graze on a green pasture beside a shallow stream at lower center. A house is shown in the middle distance at right, situated on brown, rolling terrain that extends to a rugged and cloud-capped mountain range in the background at center. One of the region's volcanoes--possibly Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, or another--is visible in the extreme distance at left, as its snow-capped peak reflects the moon's light. The full moon glows radiantly in a mostly clear night sky, and illuminates several puffy clouds. The brick-colored ground is visible along the lower margin.
place: label: made in
content: Colombia or Ecuador, South America
label: place depicted
content: Colombia or Ecuador, South America
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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: 1917-4-337-b
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 and graphite on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: 22.5 × 28.3 cm (8 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)