| Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California | |
| Artist: | Albert Bierstadt |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 163.83 |
| Width Metric: | 245.11 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Birmingham Museum of Art |
Looking Down the Yosemite Valley, California is an 1865 painting by the German-American painter Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902).[1]
It was Bierstadt's first large-scale Yosemite picture, a subject for which he would become well known. It presents a view of one of America's most scenic spots. Based on sketches made during a visit in 1863, Bierstadt paints the valley from a vantage point just above the Merced River, looking due west with the prospect framed by El Capitan on the right, and Sentinel Rock on the left; the spire of Middle Cathedral Rock is visible in the distance.