Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Landscape study of two snow-capped peaks north of Quito, Ecuador, as viewed from the Panecillo. At top, a mountain is crowned and surrounded by clouds of various types. In lower portion, the snowy, sharp peak of the mountain Sincholagua is visible. Clouds and snow rendered in white gouache.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Date
- June 24, 1857
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- Medium
- Graphite and white gouache on tan paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 × 25.5 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
- Type
- landscapes
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
