View of Salzburg, Austria
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826â1900
JuneâJuly 1868
Medium
architecture
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Louis P. Church
Accession Number
1917-4-303-b
About this artwork
Landscape sketch showing a view of the city of Salzburg in Austria. A greenish-yellow field extends across the foreground at center, leading to the Salzburg Christuskirche and its red spire, partially rendered and visible along the right margin. Multiple buildings are nestled in the middle distance among lush trees, three of which are churches, visible at center left. From left to right, the churches are the Salzburg Cathedral (with a large dome and two spires), St. Peter's Abbey (with two close...