Mountain Brook
| Title | Mountain Brook |
|---|---|
| Artist | Albert Bierstadt (American, born Solingen, Prussia, now Germany, 1830–1902) |
| Date | 1863 19th century |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Classification | painting |
| Origin | United States United States |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | 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 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Mountain Brook” is a work by Albert Bierstadt (American, born Solingen, Prussia, now Germany, 1830–1902), dated 1863. It is executed in oil on canvas and classified as painting. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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