Moon over the Rhône Valley, Belalp, Switzerland
date: label: Date
content: September 1, 1868
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Loose landscape sketch showing a view of the moon shining over the Bernese Alps and the Rhône Valley of Switzerland, as seen from the hamlet of Belalp. In the foreground, steep mountainsides at left and right descend inward, revealing a view of the valley floor below, where the Rhône River visibly winds through the landscape. In the distance, the rugged, snow-capped alps that make up the opposite side of the valley form a high, serrated horizon. Clouds hang near the mountain peaks, as the moon floats just above the horizon at upper left.
place: label: made in
content: Belalp, Switzerland
label: place depicted
content: near Belalp, Switzerland
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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: 1917-4-276-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: Graphite and white gouache on tan wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 22.4 × 30.3 cm (8 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)