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Under Mount Rundle

Alternate Title(s)
  • Lord of the Valley
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1930
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 40 3/8 × 50 in. (102.6 × 127 cm) frame: 44 1/4 × 54 in. (112.4 × 137.2 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.213
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
Signedsigned lower right
DescriptionOne bull elk stands in a stream. The stream runs back towards the base of a mountain, and is bordered by green trees. The elk stands to the right side of the painting and turns his head to look at the viewer. Printed in Forbes Lithographic MFG Co., Boston, Calendar, 1935, as "Lord of the Valley." See also "In his Prime."
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