Loch Lomond
- Artist
- Gustave Doré, French, 1832–1883
- Date
- 1875
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 205
- Dimensions
- 48 x 75 in. (121.9 x 190.5 cm)
framed: 67 1/2 x 97 5/8 x 7 in. (171.5 x 248 x 17.8 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
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- Object Number
- 88:1913
NOTES
In 1873 the prolific illustrator Gustave Doré went salmon fishing in Scotland; the trip provided him with inspiration for a series of grand landscapes. This dramatic work is animated by rays of light bursting through the clouds and falling on the distant lake. A tiny figure in red, on the path at bottom left, provides a color accent contrasting with the dominant greens of the composition. Doré evoked a vision of the Scottish landscape as sublime and awe-inspiring.