The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

Albert Bierstadt

1863 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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About this work

Artist: Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
Year: 1863
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 186.7 × 306.7 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Hudson River School

Sharp granite peaks and sunlit clouds rise over a glassy lake and a waterfall, while in the foreground a Shoshone encampment goes about its day among tipis and horses. Bierstadt joined Frederick W. Lander's government survey party in 1859 and reached the Wind River Range of the Rockies, in present-day Wyoming, filling sketchbooks and taking photographs; he painted this canvas, more than three metres wide, in New York in 1863 and showed it at the Tenth Street Studio Building. He had the peak named for Lander after the colonel died in the Civil War. The landscape is composed rather than copied, and the picture presented the West as a frontier awaiting settlement, a vision that left little room for the people in its foreground. It sold in 1865 for 25,000 dollars, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired it in 1907.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Granite peaks, sunlit clouds and a glassy lake above an encampment, a wide Western panorama for a living room, study or lodge-style den at 36×24 in black. A sage, cream or warm grey wall; it suits stone, timber and leather.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1863)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, study or library, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak in the public domain?

Yes. Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 18×12, 24×16 and 36×24 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak painted, and in what medium?

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak dates from 1863 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 186.7 × 306.7 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 36×24 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 24×16 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak we'd choose 36×24. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak (Albert Bierstadt) — The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak · Albert Bierstadt · 1863. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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