Focus on Among the Sierra Nevada, California and discuss the Description.
Among the Sierra Nevada was created in Rome in winter 1867–68, four years after Bierstadt's trip to the Sierra Nevada. The painting measures 72 by 120+1⁄8 inches (183 by 305 cm) and has an elaborate frame measuring 96+1⁄4 by 144+3⁄8 by 7+1⁄4 inches (244 by 367 by 18 cm).The painting depicts rugged mountains on the left and background that reach out to a bright sky with the Sun's rays peeking through the clouds. The mountains look over a calm lake with a group of deer and waterfowl on its edge and is bordered by trees on the right side of the painting. On the viewer's left in the water under the shadow of the rocks, there is a single trout, only visible when viewed very closely.
Rome Sierra Nevada