Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)

Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, July 1868

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Artist: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
Medium: Oil and graphite on tan paperboard
Size: 28.8 × 30.2 cm (11 5/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
Museum: Smithsonian Institution
Rights: CC0 — no rights reserved

Landscape study showing a view from an elevated perspective of the Königssee in Bavaria, in present day Germany. In the immediate foreground, the top of a conifer tree is visible at left. Below, the emerald-blue waters of the lake extend into the middle distance and curve around a sheer mountainside at right that meets the water at a nearly perpendicular angle.

Its wooded slopes ascend out of the frame at upper right. At left, a steep wooded mountain ridge forms the lake's opposite shoreline, creating a narrow channel at center. Two relatively miniscule row boats are visible on the water's surface at center and lower right. In the background, a rocky, snowy alpine massif backdrops the scene. Above, puffy clouds hang in an otherwise blue sky.

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