There are 3 other images of this object. This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the tag architecture, antiquity, columns, Parthenon, Greece, ruins, stonework, temples.

Object Timeline

-0001

1917

  • We acquired this object.

2002

2013

2017

2018

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, North Peristyle of the Parthenon, Athens

This is a Drawing. It was created by Frederic Edwin Church. It is dated 1869 and we acquired it in 1917. Its medium is brush and oil, graphite on thin board. 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

32.9 × 25.4 cm (12 15/16 in. × 10 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, North Peristyle of the Parthenon, Athens; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil, graphite on thin board; 32.9 × 25.4 cm (12 15/16 in. × 10 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-573-b

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition MMA American Wing Frederic Church Oil Sketches.

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18199563/ |title=Drawing, North Peristyle of the Parthenon, Athens |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=10 March 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>