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Drawing, Parthenon at Night, Athens
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 brush and oil, black chalk on thin cream paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Church was on the Acropolis when a pyrotechnical display was staged for the king and queen of Greece. In this oil sketch, Church captures a dramatic moment when the fireworks reflect on the Parthenon.
The museum holds the largest collection of Frederic E. Church objects in the world. Donated by the artist’s son, Louis P. Church, the gift was solicited by Charles W. Gould, a museum trustee, and by the painter Elliot Clark, who acted as an agent for the Hewitt sisters. The Parthenon oil sketch on display was likely painted in the studio after a quick graphite study that Church executed (with color notations) while observing the fireworks display. The black and white sketch is also included in the Church collection.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Hauntingly Beautiful: Frederic Edwin Church’s Parthenon Sketch .
This object was
donated by
Louis P. Church.
It is credited Gift of Louis P. Church.
- Frieze (France)
- block-printed and stenciled on machine-made paper.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1931-45-80
- Painting, Broken Column, Parthenon
- brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2018-36-1
- Trifoglio Vase
- pvc plastic.
- 1991-108-11
Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Drawing, The Parthenon from the Southeast
- brush and oil paint, graphite traces on paperboard.
- Gift of Louis P. Church.
- 1917-4-507-b
- Scenic Paper, Les Côtes de Villefranche
- block-printed paper.
- Gift of Priscilla E. Muller.
- 2005-25-1-a/n
- Drawing, Classical Ruins, Syria
- graphite, oil on academy board.
- Gift of Louis P. Church.
- 1917-4-1081
Its dimensions are
32.9 × 41.4 cm (12 15/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Parthenon at Night, Athens; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900); USA; brush and oil, black chalk on thin cream paperboard; 32.9 × 41.4 cm (12 15/16 × 16 5/16 in.) ; Gift of Louis P. Church; 1917-4-671
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hewitt Sisters Collect.
