Artworks · Albert Bierstadt

Sketchbook of Columbus Subjects: Caravels, Figures, Heraldry, and Accessories

1891 · Drawings in graphite on off-white wove paper with gilt edges, bound in a leather cover

Cover: 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 7/16 in. (12.1 x 19.7 x 1.1 cm) Sheets: 4 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (11.7 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Alaskan Coast Range

1889 · oil on paper mounted on paperboard

13 7/8 x 19 3/8 in. (35.2 x 49.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Last of the Buffalo

1888 · oil on canvas

overall: 180.3 × 301.63 cm (71 × 118 3/4 in.) framed: 217.17 × 339.09 × 15.24 cm (85 1/2 × 133 1/2 × 6 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Gates of the Yosemite

1882 · oil on paper mounted on canvas

approx. 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sketchbook

1881 · bound volume of forty-six graphite drawings

overall (closed): 13.97 × 21.59 × 1.11 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mountain Scene

1880 · Oil on paper

14 3/4 x 21 in. (37.5 x 53.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sea Cove

1877 · Oil on wood

14 x 19 in. (35.6 x 48.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mount Corcoran

1876 · oil on canvas

overall: 154.1 × 243.5 cm (60 11/16 × 95 7/8 in.) framed: 214.9 × 302.3 × 21.6 cm (84 5/8 × 119 × 8 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sunrise on the Matterhorn

1876 · Oil on canvas

58 1/2 x 42 5/8 in. (148.6 x 108.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley

1872 · oil on paper mounted on canvas

approx. 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sunrise in the Sierras

1872 · oil on paper mounted on paperboard

13 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (34.3 x 47.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Indians in Council, California

1872 · oil on paper on canvas

15 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (40.4 x 55.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

San Francisco Bay

1871 · oil on paperboard mounted on paperboard

13 3/4 x 19 1/8 in. (35.0 x 48.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm

1869 · oil on canvas

overall: 74.9 × 125.7 cm (29 1/2 × 49 1/2 in.) framed: 110.8 × 162.2 × 15.9 cm (43 5/8 × 63 7/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Among the Sierra Nevada, California

1868 · oil on canvas

overall: 72 x 120 1/8 in. (183 x 305 cm) frame: 96 1/4 x 144 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (244.5 x 366.7 x 18.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Merced River, Yosemite Valley

1866 · Oil on canvas

36 x 50 in. (91.4 x 127 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mountain Brook

1863 · Oil on canvas

111.8 × 91.4 cm (44 × 36 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

1863 · Oil on canvas

73 1/2 x 120 3/4 in. (186.7 x 306.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mountain Brook

1863 · Oil on canvas

111.8 × 91.4 cm (44 × 36 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of a Tree

1861 · Oil on paper mounted on board

9 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (23.5 x 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lake Lucerne

1858 · oil on canvas

overall: 182.9 x 304.8 cm (72 x 120 in.) framed: 235.3 x 359.4 x 17.2 cm (92 5/8 x 141 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art