- Title
- Landscape with Jungfrau
- Date Made
- 1841
- Medium
- Graphite and white gouache on gray-green paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (26.67 x 36.83 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.73.137.3
- Collecting Area
- Prints and Drawings
- Curatorial Notes
From the exhibition Thomas Cole in Italy and Switzerland, 1841-1842
August 16, 2002-January 29, 2003
The mountain in the center of this drawing is the Jungfrau (virgin), one of the most famous peaks in the Swiss Alps. At the center is the Mönch (monk), with the Eiger (ogre) to the right. From Lake Thun or Brienz, one of which is in the foreground, these three landmark peaks should appear with Jungfrau on the right and the Eiger on the left. Cole likely altered the natural scenery in this drawing to position the Jungfrau rising dramatically above the convergence of the two downward sloping foothills in the middle ground.
