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An Alpine Landscape in Switzerland

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A mountain with a glacier in the hollow center, and with cloud-capped peaks at left, rises in the right and central rear. A wooded slope is shown in the middle distance. A church with a well in front of it and a house with laundry hanging out are shown in the foreground.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
Date
August 1868
Credit Line
Gift of Louis P. Church
Medium
Oil and traces of graphite on thin paperboard
Dimensions
Height 23.7 x Width 32.7 cm (9 5/16 x 12 7/8 in. )
Mat: 14 x 18 in
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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