''Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveller'' is an 1820

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by the British

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Edwin Landseer Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. His best-known work is the lion sculptures at the base of Nelso ...

. It depicts a view in the

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with Saint Bernard dogs coming to the assistance of a stranger, travelling through the pass who is buried in snow through the effects of an avalanche. It was produced very early in his career at a time when the eighteen-year-old Landseer had never visited the Swiss setting of the scene. It was displayed at the 1820 exhibition of the

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, where it was widely praised. Today it is in the collection of the

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. https://www.nga.gov/artworks/220510-alpine-mastiffs-reanimating-distressed-traveler

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* Ormond, Richard. ''Sir Edwin Landseer''. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981. 1820 paintings Paintings by Edwin Henry Landseer Genre paintings Oil on canvas paintings Paintings of dogs Paintings in the National Gallery of Art Works set in Switzerland {{1820s-painting-stub