Rolling Hills and a Pale Path, Roman Campagna Study

A loose pencil and white gouache sketch on pale green paper shows rolling hills receding under a faint horizon, with a pale path winding through a shadowed slope toward a stone building at the right edge. Handwritten color notes list tones along the lower right, and a small inscription appears at lower left.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

May 1869

Medium

Graphite, brush and white gouache on light green wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3999 × 2953 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum