![Alexandre Calame - The Lake of Thun [1854] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s4JTCEL6aGV6yfXjesaHrNYvWIlTJfRbpLu6TK9EH-TiouwIxP-3V8osFUqBNOknLkRFiErL2rS-LxiTKeU3L3ngH315KY1bK3RUOvYsHFWe1m1VvbsLP7_Yv2MmMy=s0-d)
Calame painted the Lake of Thun, near Interlaken, several times. The snow-covered mountain is apparently the Blümlisalp. The painter's record-book shows that the picture was originally commissioned in 1852 by H. Vaughan. Calame was born in Vevey, and studied in Geneva from 1829 under Diday. He lost an eye at an early age. He was a landscape painter and specialised in Alpine scenery.
[Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 78.1 cm]
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