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Ruins of a Doric Temple, Corinth, Greece

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Loose architectural sketch of a doric temple in Corinth, Greece with five columns supporting an epistyle, and a sixth broken column. The temple stands on a lush hill with a distant mountain range in the background, rendered in light purple. Light blue-grey color of ground visible around margins.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Date
Arpil 25-27, 1869
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Medium
Oil paint on paperboard
Dimensions
25.3 × 32.9 cm (9 15/16 × 12 15/16 in.)
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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