Buildings and a Cascade near Martigny, Switzerland
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
August 24, 1868
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-1182
About this artwork
Architecture and landscape sketch showing a view of two buildings and a waterfall in or near Martigny, Switzerland. At upper center, a view of the Château de la Bâtiaz, with its tall, central, cylindrical stone tower surrounded by a lower wall, is shown perched atop a rugged prominence. A loose sketch of a small house built into a rocky cliffside situated at center, and distinguished from the other sketches by two horizontal dividing lines above and below it. At lower center and oppositely orien...