File:Drawing, Cayambé, Morning, from the Temple of the Sun, Quito, June 24, 1857 (CH 18201205).jpg

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Frederic Edwin Church: English: Drawing, Cayambé, Morning, from the Temple of the Sun, Quito, June 24, 1857   (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, Cayambé, Morning, from the Temple of the Sun, Quito, June 24, 1857
Description
English: The peak rises in the center back. A bank of clouds hangs beneath the ranges. Ridges bordering a valley which is marked "3" are shown in the foreground. At bottom left the upper parts of a steeple and of a church with a dome.
Date 24 June 1857
date QS:P571,+1857-06-24T00:00:00Z/11
Medium graphite, brush and white gouache on tan wove paper
Dimensions

17.5 x 26.8 cm (6 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1917-4-738
Credit line Gift of Louis P. Church
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Caption under peaks: "3 Valle de Chillo beautiful bluish haze Cayambe from Hill of the/ Temple de Sol/ June 24th 57"

Caption by church: " The glazed tiled domes of the/ churches glitter as if wet, shadow/ being very dark (green) Below at right: "The horizon to the east was a line of/ snow, principally, lying on the summits/ of the lesser mountains and paramos" Upper right corner: "No. 2/ morning"

  • Period: Hudson River School
  • Country: United States
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