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)

Bequest of Marguerite H. Rohlfs, 1995

Catalogue

Year: 1891
Medium: Drawings in graphite on off-white wove paper with gilt edges, bound in a leather cover
Dimensions: 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)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Albert Bierstadt

Artist

Albert Bierstadt

Painting

Albert Bierstadt was a German American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the westward expansion to paint the scenes. He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he was the foremost painter of them for the remainder of the 19th century.

Solingen, Germany

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