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Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise), ca. 1889. Oil on paper mounted to board.
Oil on paper mounted to board · 14 3/4 x 21in. (37.5 x 53.3cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise)
- Artist
- Albert Bierstadt (American, Solingen 1830–1902 New York)
- Date
- ca. 1889
- Medium
- Oil on paper mounted to board
- Dimensions
- 14 3/4 x 21in. (37.5 x 53.3cm) Framed: 25 13/16 x 34 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (65.5 x 87.8 x 9 cm)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Ruth Alms Barnard, 1981
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1830–1902
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




