Light breaks through clouds onto a granite valley with a calm river, tall trees and a distant dome-shaped peak.

The Sublime

Mount Starr King, Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt

artist Albert Bierstadt

date 1866

medium Oil on canvas

origin The Cleveland Museum of Art

dimensions 97 × 142.3 cm

credit line Albert Bierstadt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access, CC0 1.0

exhibitions The Sublime

hall 01 The Sublime

rights CC0 1.0

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