Farallon Island
Albert Bierstadt, 1887
For now, just to look at
The photograph we have of this work is not sharp enough to print at the quality we want, so we are not selling it for now. We are looking for a better one.
About the work
- Artist
- Albert Bierstadt
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Collection
- Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
- Reference
- XDV-0072
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Bierstadt painted several versions of the same subject of seals on the Farallon Islands in different years (at least 1872 and 1887), suggesting a recurring interest in this rocky site off San Francisco.
