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Drawing, Kalvarienberg Chapel, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany), July 1868

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated July 1868 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil paint, graphite on tan paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis P. Church. It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.

Its dimensions are

17.8 × 11.5 cm (7 × 4 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brown oil, lower left: July /68; in graphite, lower left: 24 / 12 / [dividing line] / 48; in graphite, lower left and lower margin: [indistinct numerical calculations beneath paint]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Kalvarienberg Chapel, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany), July 1868; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil paint, graphite on tan paperboard; 17.8 × 11.5 cm (7 × 4 1/2 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-359-b

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