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Bierstadt, Albert,
Landscape -- Mountain
Landscape -- Mountain
Landscape -- Switzerland
Painting
Piz Bernina, Switzerland, (painting).
Artist:
Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902, painter.
Title:
Piz Bernina, Switzerland, (painting).
Other Titles:
Rocky Mountains, Colorado, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1880-1890.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on paper mounted on Masonite.
Dimensions:
13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (34.9 x 49.5 cm).
Inscription:
(Lower right:) ABierstadt (On back, visible before mounting:) Rocky Mts. Colo. signed
Description:
View across the green slope of a mountainside in the Swiss
Alps
looking toward the snow-covered Biz Bernina peak highlighted by the sun in the distance.
Subject:
Landscape
--
Mountain
--
Piz Bernina
Landscape
--
Mountain
--
Alps
Landscape
--
Switzerland
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 47.1255
Provenance:
Gift of Karolik, Martha C.,
Remarks:
The painting was formerly titled Rocky Mountains, Colorado.
References:
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, "M and M Karolik Collection of American paintings, 1815 to 1865," Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1949.
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
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. 19.
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, no. 190, CL-92.
Hendricks, Gordon "A Bierstadt," Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1972, no. 89.
Illustration:
Image on file.
American Art Review (Nov.-Dec. 1975): pg. 142.
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. 19.
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. 252.
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 20490133
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