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    		• Bierstadt, Albert,
     
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    		• Landscape -- Mountain
     
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    		• Landscape -- Mountain
     
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    		• Landscape -- Mountain
     
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    		• Landscape -- Wyoming
     
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    		• Landscape -- River
     
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    		• Landscape -- Waterfall
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Architecture -- Other
     
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    		• Animal -- Horse
     
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    		• Architecture exterior -- Domestic
     
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    		• Painting
     
     
    The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902, painter.
    Title: 
    The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1863.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    73 1/2 x 120 3/4 in. (186.7 x 306.7 cm).
    Inscription: 
    (Lower right:) ABierstadt / 1863 signed
    Description: 
    A Shoshone Indian encampment on the Green River, at the base of the snow-capped mountains of the Wind River range, with Leander's Peak (actually Fremont's Peak) in the middle. In the central background there is a waterfall highlighted by the sun as the water flows down the rocky cliffs into the Green River.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Mountain -- Fremont's Peak
    Landscape -- Mountain -- Wind River Mountains
    Landscape -- Mountain -- Rocky Mountains
    Landscape -- Wyoming
    Landscape -- River -- Green River
    Landscape -- Waterfall
    Figure group
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Shoshone
    Architecture -- Other -- Campsite
    Animal -- Horse
    Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- Tepee
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 07.123
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Seitz and Noelle Gallery, New York, New York by 1864.
    McHenry, James, London, England 1866-1898.
    Bierstadt, Edward, 1898-1907.
    Bierstadt, Mary Adeline, 1907.
    References: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
    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. 108, CL-170.
    Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 321.
    Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, pg. 74 & 195.
    Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, pg. 195.
    "Primal Visions: Albert Bierstadt 'Discovers' American," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 2001, pg. 12.
    Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 11.
    "The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through Colombia and Ecuador," Bogotá, D.C., Colombia: Villegas Asociados S.A. in association with Universidad de los Andes and Thomas Greg & Sons, 2008, pg. 175.
    "Colorado: The Artist's Muse," Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum, Petrie Institute of Western American Art, 2008, pg. 48.
    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, pg. 150.
    Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 323.
    Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, fig. 39. & pl. no. 37.
    Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, no. 37.
    "Primal Visions: Albert Bierstadt 'Discovers' American," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 2001, fig. 2.
    Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 11.
    "The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through Colombia and Ecuador," Bogotá, D.C., Colombia: Villegas Asociados S.A. in association with Universidad de los Andes and Thomas Greg & Sons, 2008, pg. 113.
    "Colorado: The Artist's Muse," Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum, Petrie Institute of Western American Art, 2008, pg. 48.
    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 36120284
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