File:Albert Bierstadt - A Wild Stallion (an original oil sketch for "The Last of the Buffalo").jpg

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Albert Bierstadt: A Wild Stallion  wikidata:Q20537610 reasonator:Q20537610
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Albert Bierstadt  (1830–1902)  wikidata:Q77132
 
Albert Bierstadt
Alternative names
Bierstadt
Description German-American painter, photographer, architectural draftsperson and scenographer
Date of birth/death 7 January 1830 Edit this at Wikidata 18 February 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Solingen New York City
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artist QS:P170,Q77132
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English: A Wild Stallion (an original oil sketch for "The Last of the Buffalo")
Object type painting / sketch Edit this at Wikidata
Genre animal art Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1888
date QS:P571,+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on cardboard
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q389782,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 13 in (33 cm); width: 19 in (48.2 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,19U218593
institution QS:P195,Q4985660
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3.62
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Gift of Carman H. Messmore
Inscriptions signet: ABierstadt
Notes For centuries, the white stallion has been admired for its courage, speed, intelligence, and power. Often considered a romantic symbol of freedom, as well as a renegade, the white stallion has evoked awe and envy in those who have dared try to capture it.
Source/Photographer Whitney Gallery of Western Art

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