Landscape Study, Palestine
February 1868
Classification
landscapes
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-933-a
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Frederic Edwin Church, a leading figure of the Hudson River School, *Landscape Study, Palestine* February 1868 during ambitious expedition to the Middle East. This American artist, renowned for his luminous and detailed depictions of nature's grandeur, ventured to the Holy Land amid a wave of 19th-century Western fascination with biblical sites. Traveling from New York via Europe and Egypt, Church filled sketchbooks with on-site observations, capturing the rugged terrains of Palestine to fuel his romantic vision of divine landscapes. As a preparatory study, this work exemplifies Church's meti...