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A previously lesser-known painting closely related to the famous Monarch of the Glen has recently sold at auction in London for £5.9 million. This artwork, titled Scene in Braemar, was created by Sir Edwin Landseer, who was Queen Victoria’s preferred artist. The piece far exceeded expectations, achieving a price five times higher than the previous record for one of Landseer’s works.
Scene in Braemar depicts a 12-point stag perched atop a Highland peak in Scotland and was originally commissioned by railway tycoon Edward Betts. Having passed through several private owners over the years, the painting was estimated by Sotheby’s to fetch up to £4 million before the sale. At nearly 9 feet (2.74 meters) tall, it is significantly larger than Monarch of the Glen, which is widely admired and displayed at the National Galleries of Scotland.
The painting had last appeared at auction in 1994, selling for £793,500 at that time. This recent sale marked a spectacular increase, with the final price reaching £5,946,000. Sotheby’s senior director of paintings, Julian Gascoigne, described Scene in Braemar as one of Landseer’s definitive Highland masterpieces. He referred to it as an atmospheric counterpart to Monarch of the Glen, noting the painting’s more somber and intense portrayal of the stag.
Gascoigne commented, “Where the Monarch shows the stag in the brilliance of youth, this is a darker, more epic vision: majestic, charged with tension, and iconic in its vision of the Highlands.” The painting was lauded by The Times in 1857 as “masterly in conception and effect” and was considered a fitting companion to Monarch of the Glen. Edward Betts originally paid £800 for the artwork, but financial difficulties during a banking crisis led him to sell his entire collection, including Scene in Braemar, in 1868. Since then, the painting has been displayed publicly on multiple occasions
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