This painting of Mont Blanc by Albert Bierstadt was created in the late 1800's. While it is debated on when the true end of the Romantic era was, this painting encapsulates everything landscape portraiture during the Romantic Period was about.
Bierstadt was not a household name, but his art captured the spirit of the Romantics. This particular paint of Mont Blanc is sublime. It's vastness and rich use of color add to the divine nature that landscapes tried to covey during the time. Seeing the leaves up close and the tiny winding road below, leading to a massive mountain puts things into perspective. At the time art was about diverting attention from the human self and onto the the powerful quality of nature.
Mont Blanc is also significant as it was central during the reading of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. Victor mentions it's grandeur on more than one occasion and both he and the creature meet on or near it for the first officical time. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps, a huge mountain chain that served not only as barriers, but as a place of inspiration and perspective for more than one Romantic writer.
This painting captures the essesce of what it means to be a Romantic.
“Paintings by Albert Bierstadt.” Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Paintings_by_Albert_Bierstadt.