Merced River, Yosemite Valley

Title: Merced River, Yosemite Valley
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain
Creator: Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902)
Date: 1866 C.E.
Description: The Yosemite mountains nearly reach the sky in this painting. They are next to the Merced River, some of the mountains are covered by the clouds coming in. A forest with horses grazing near. By the river a group of indigenous people looking out; two boats are in the water with two people in each.
Format: Painting. Oil on canvas. 36 x 50 in.
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contributor: Alexis Nelson
Identifier: 09.214.1
Subject: California; indigenous; mountains; forest; romanticism; sublime; nature; river.
Source: Jpg File. Unknown Photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11/6/21. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10150