Study for The Temple in Jerusalem, Plate 424, Physica Sacra
date: label: Date
content: before 1731
name: label: Designer
content: Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736
label: Author
content: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss, 1672–1733
label: Publisher
content: Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A temple, within a larger structure with arches and square columns or pilasters in front, occupies the foreground. The mostly flat landscape in front is dotted with a few small trees. The background contains mountains and a large sky with a scroll floating in the center that reads, "TEMPLI HIEROSOLYMITANI SCENOGRAPIA / Perspectivische Vorstellung des TEMPELS zu JERUSALEM." The second line is crossed out.
place: label: made in
content: Zürich, 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: Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-110-12
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.9 × 18.4 cm (11 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)