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    Thunderstorm in the Rocky Mountains, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902, painter.
    Title: 
    Thunderstorm in the Rocky Mountains, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1859.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    19 x 29 in. (48.3 x 73.7 cm).
    Inscription: 
    (Lower left:) AB 59 signed
    Description: 
    View of rocky terrain and a river shoreline, with a small herd of deer looking into the distance as storm clouds gather over mountaintops on the horizon.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Mountain -- Rocky Mountains
    Landscape -- River
    Landscape -- Weather -- Storm
    Animal -- Deer
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 43.134
    Provenance: 
    Gift of Hale, Edward, Mrs.,
    Gift of Perkins, John Carroll, Mrs.,
    References: 
    "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
    Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West," NY: H. N. Abrams, published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974, pg. 77, CL-87.
    Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 17.
    Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, pg. 152.
    Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 7.
    Hendricks, Gordon "A Bierstadt," Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1972, no. 15.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West," NY: H. N. Abrams, published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974, fig. 56.
    Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 17.
    Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, no. 15.
    Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 7.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 20490121
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