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A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
is an
oil painting
on canvas completed by
Albert Bierstadt
in 1866 and now held by the
Brooklyn Museum
. Inspired by sketches of the
Southern Rocky Mountains
, it depicts Native American hunter/gatherers hunting deer in the foreground, as the Rockies tower above them; some are cast in sun, while others are covered in clouds.
Mount Evans
, depicted in the painting, was at the time unnamed; Bierstadt christened it Mount Rosalie, for his friend's wife Rosalie Osborne.
Painting:
Albert Bierstadt
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