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Mountain Brook

Albert Bierstadt, 1863

Mountain Brook by Albert Bierstadt
Mountain Brook by Albert Bierstadt, 91 cm × 1.12 m
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

91 cm × 1.12 m

About the size of a cafe table. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 1.12 m Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
1.12 m
Width
91 cm
Medium
Oil on canvas
Kind
Painting
Made in
United States
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
111.8 × 91.4 cm (44 × 36 in.)
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Herbert A. Vance; fund of an anonymous donor; Wesley M. Dixon Jr. Fund and Endowment; Henry Horner Straus and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker Jr. endowment funds; through prior acquisitions of various donors, including Samuel P. Avery Endowment, Mrs. George A. Carpenter, Frederick S. Colburn, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Feinberg, Field Museum of Natural History, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harding, International Minerals and Chemicals Corp., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Loeff, Mrs. Frank C. Miller, Mahlan D. Moulds, Mrs. Clive Runnells, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Stone, and the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection

Ask this work

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
91 cm × 1.12 m. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1863. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Herbert A. Vance; fund of an anonymous donor; Wesley M. Dixon Jr. Fund and Endowment; Henry Horner Straus and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker Jr. endowment funds; through prior acquisitions of various donors, including Samuel P. Avery Endowment, Mrs. George A. Carpenter, Frederick S. Colburn, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Feinberg, Field Museum of Natural History, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harding, International Minerals and Chemicals Corp., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Loeff, Mrs. Frank C. Miller, Mahlan D. Moulds, Mrs. Clive Runnells, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Stone, and the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection.
How was it made?
Oil on canvas, made in United States.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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