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Drawing, Views of the Basilica and the Temple of Neptune, Paestum, Italy
This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated April 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is graphite on light gray wove paper. 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
Sheet: 30.1 x 54.3 cm (11 7/8 x 21 3/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Verso: Stamped in ink, at center right: Lugt 457d
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, at top center: sea / green / brown; again, at center left: olive / sea / sea / green / flowers; again at center: green sea; again, at center right: green / brown / pale green; again, at lower left: stones / green / yellow / and ochrous; again, at bottom left: old wall / rich grey / with some orange / tinted stones / water; and at bottom right: Paestum April /69
Cite this object as
Drawing, Views of the Basilica and the Temple of Neptune, Paestum, Italy; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); Italy; graphite on light gray wove paper; Sheet: 30.1 x 54.3 cm (11 7/8 x 21 3/8 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-494