Study of Rocks and Trees by a Lake

Albert Bierstadt, 1830

MEDIUMGraphite on buff-colored wove paper

DIMENSIONS11 9/16 x 15 11/16 in. (29.4 x 39.8 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Albert Bierstadt 1830–1902 · Kingdom of Prussia

Prussian-born painter who sold 'The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak' for $25,000—equivalent to $400,000 today.