The Monarch of the Glen is one of the most famous British pictures of the nineteenth century; for many people it encapsulates the grandeur and majesty of Scotland’s highlands and wildlife. Here Landseer depicts a monumental and precisely defined ‘royal’ or twelve point stag – a reference to the number of points on its antlers. Many of his paintings show interactions between humans and animals, but in this, his most well-known work, a single emblematic creature is viewed in a moment of exhilaration. It became widely admired in nineteenth century, when it was reproduced in prints, and achieved even greater renown in the twentieth century when it was employed as a marketing image for various products, so endowing it with global recognition.

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　　1850年兰西尔作为维多利亚女王喜爱的画家而被授予爵位。《幽谷之王》是世界所公认的兰西尔最好的作品，他赋予他笔下的动物以人的表情和美德，这是一幅巨作，这头牡鹿的神态不仅显示了画家的非凡技巧，而且寓含着某些在维多利亚时代被认为非常重要的人类美德。这头牡鹿是高贵的象征，是英雄主义的化身。画中的苏格兰高原景色因司各特小说的描写而广为人知，更因维多利亚女王的莅临而为世人瞩目。