Lake of Thun looking North
1820–67
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 5 x 8 3/8 in. (12.7 x 21.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.620.40
Tags
Art Historical Context
Clarkson Stanfield, a prominent 19th-century British artist renowned for his dramatic landscapes and marine scenes, captured the serene beauty of Switzerland's Lake of Thun in this intimate graphite drawing, *Lake of Thun looking North Created sometime between 1820 and1867, the work depicts the lake's northern vista framed by majestic mountains, evoking the era's fascination with nature's sublime power. Stanfield, who began his career painting theatrical scenery before turning to fine art, brought a keen eye for light, atmosphere, and topography to such sketches, likely made during his Europea...