Drawing, St. Bartholomew's and the Watzmann from the Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church

July 1868

graphite on blue wove paper; verso: graphite and white gouache

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Landscape sketch showing a view of St. Bartholomew's Church backdropped by the rocky, serrated ridges of the Watzmann behind it, as seen from the eastern shores of the Königssee or the lake itself. Near the lower margin, the domed roofs of church are visible, partly reflected in the water below. Behind it, a wooded ridge descends to the right, while in the background, the extremely rugged mountainside of the Watzmann rises high into the sky. Verso: Landscape sketch showing two views of the steep shores of the Königssee in Bavaria, present day Germany, separated at center by a horizontal line. Above, the waterfall known as the Schrai