Valley of the Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt

1864 · Oil on panel · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Size3:2 ratio

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

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Valley of the Yosemite

Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California

Sunrise, Yosemite Valley

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About this work

Artist: Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
Year: 1864
Medium: Oil on panel
Original size: 30.2 × 48.9 cm
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Movement: Hudson River School

A small, luminous oil in which the setting sun turns the whole of Yosemite Valley to gold, deer linger at the water's edge in the foreground and the granite walls recede into warm haze. Bierstadt painted it on paperboard in his New York studio in 1864, the year after his summer in the valley with the writer Fitz Hugh Ludlow, and it is probably his first finished Yosemite subject. He gave it to the Metropolitan Sanitary Fair in New York that April, a Civil War fundraiser for the Union Army, where it fetched 1,600 dollars, the highest price paid for any painting at the sale. The composition was reworked at a far larger scale the following year as Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, now in Birmingham, Alabama. The sketch came to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1947 with the Karolik Collection.

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

A small oil of the valley turned to gold by the setting sun with deer at the water, best kept modest: a reading corner, bedroom or landing at 24×16 in black or natural wood. Cream, sage or warm grey, at eye level.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1864)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: calm
Rooms: bedroom, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. 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 Valley of the Yosemite 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 Museum of Fine Arts.

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 Valley of the Yosemite painted, and in what medium?

Valley of the Yosemite dates from 1864 and was made in oil on panel; the original measures 30.2 × 48.9 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 Valley of the Yosemite we'd choose 24×16. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Valley of the Yosemite (Albert Bierstadt) — Valley of the Yosemite · Albert Bierstadt · 1864. 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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