File:Drawing, Bare Hill, Acropolis at Corinth, Greece, April 1869 (CH 18195473-2).jpg

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Frederic Edwin Church: English: Drawing, Bare Hill, Acropolis at Corinth, Greece, April 1869   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Frederic Edwin Church  (1826–1900)  wikidata:Q366212
 
Frederic Edwin Church
Alternative names
Frederick Edwin Church
Description American painter, landscape painter, art collector and traveler
Date of birth/death 4 May 1826 Edit this at Wikidata 7 April 1900 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Hartford New York City
Work location
Catskill; New York City; Ecuador; Colombia; Petra; Rome; Colony of Jamaica; Mexico; Olana State Historic Site; Jamaica Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q366212
Title
English: Drawing, Bare Hill, Acropolis at Corinth, Greece, April 1869
Description
English: Recto: Horizontal view of a bare hill Verso: Horizontal view at top of a coast line with a mountain range in the rear, foothills in the left foreground and a rock rising from the sea; and at bottom mountains rising behind a ridge, at left, vertically, with a steep rocky coast.
Date April 1869
date QS:P571,+1869-04-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium

recto: graphite on green paper

verso: graphite, brush with white gouache on green paper
Dimensions Sheet: 12.5 x 17.5 cm (4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1917-4-166
Credit line Gift of Louis P. Church
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Recto: Inscribed in graphite, at top right: 2 Rich green / 3 Brownish grey / 4 Broken with green / and various shades of / brown; and with figures and "reddish" at various locations; and again at bottom right: Acropolis at Corinth / [the date and] over.

Verso: Inscribed in graphite at various locations: brown; and at bottom: greenish / near Cephalonia / [the date] / 2 Dark rich Bt sienna / 3 lighter with red streaks / 4 greyer / 5 Brilliant white, delicate luminous shadows [line beneath].

  • Period: Hudson River School
  • Country: Greece
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