Although lesser known, Scene in Braemar is much larger at almost 9ft (2.74m).
The industrialist Edward Betts was so delighted with the epic work in 1859 that he paid £800 – £200 above the fee Landseer had requested.
A banking crisis forced Betts to sell the work, along with the rest of his collection in 1868.
As a result, Scene in Braemar set a record when it sold for 4,000 guineas.
In 1857, The Times praised it as “masterly in conception and effect” and a worthy partner to Monarch of the Glen.
By 1868 it changed hands again when it was sold at auction at Christie’s and entered the art collection of Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow.
When he died, 70 of the works – including Braemar – were sold in 1887.
The writer Beatrix Potter described it as “splendid” and singled out Braemar as “one of the leading pictures”.
It was then acquired by Sir Edward Cecil Guinness and remained in his family until its last auction appearance in 1994.
The work has been exhibited in public galleries on a number of occasions.
In 2005 it appeared in Edinburgh alongside Monarch of the Glen as part of a major celebration of Landseer.