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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,256 works

Painting of a state yacht and several sailing boats on calm water under a cloudy sky, with a rowboat of passengers in front.

A State Yacht and Other Craft in Calm Water

Jan van de Cappelle, ca. 1660

Painting of a haloed saint in gold brocade holding a model ship, a palm frond and a book, before a hilly landscape.

Saint Vincent, Patron Saint of Lisbon

Landscape painting of a river with trees, figures on the bank, rowing boats and a distant stone bridge under a pale sky.

The Ford

Claude Lorrain, possibly 1636

Muted landscape with tall trees, a calm river, reeds, a small boat and a figure, under a pale cloudy sky.

Boatman among the Reeds

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, ca. 1865

Painting of a weathered fishing boat with furled sails on a rocky beach, with waves and a pale sky behind.

The Fishing Boat

Gustave Courbet, 1865

Painting of moored sailing boats on a sandy shore at low tide under a pale blue sky, by Daubigny, 1871.

Boats on the Seacoast at Etaples

Charles-François Daubigny, 1871

Painting of a ferryman poling a boat with passengers on a river beneath a leaning tree and hazy blue sky.

The Ferryman

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, ca. 1865

Painting of a storm-tossed boat with a haloed sleeping figure in the stern and terrified men struggling on dark green waves.

Christ Asleep during the Tempest

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1853

Painting of men wading ashore hauling a cable from a ship past rocky cliffs, with onlookers on the beach under a cloudy sky.

Landing the Shore End of the Atlantic Cable

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Painting of a river with a rowing boat, figures on the bank under trees, and a distant tower under a cloudy sky.

River with a Distant Tower

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865

Round miniature of a harbor at sunset with a sailing ship, rowboats, cliffs, and an arched gateway on the shore.

View of a Harbor

Night seascape of a steamship with masts under moonlight and a comet, with small boats in rough sea water.

Grappling for the Lost Cable

Robert Charles Dudley, ca. 1866

Painting of the Holy Family in flight, with Mary nursing the Christ Child, Joseph, a small angel, and clouds of cherubs above

The Flight into Egypt

Luca Giordano, 1701

Painting of a brick country house with a tower beside a river, with a rowboat, sailboats and a stormy sky.

Country House near the Water

Jan van Goyen, 1646

Black and white view of a crowded harbor with rowboats ferrying people past masted ships toward wooden docks and shore.

Landing at Newfoundland

Robert Charles Dudley, ca. 1866

Painting of Venetian lagoon with gondolas and sailing boats before the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's campanile under a cloudy

Venice from the Bacino di San Marco

Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765-75

Painting of a brick tower by a calm river, with fishing boats in the foreground, a church spire behind, and sailboats under a

The Pelkus Gate near Utrecht

Jan van Goyen, 1646

Black and white painting of men working on cable across a crowded ship deck beneath masts, rigging and smokestacks.

Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable

Robert Charles Dudley, ca. 1866

Painting of the domed Santa Maria della Salute church across a Venetian canal, with gondolas and a sailing boat in the foregr

Santa Maria della Salute

Francesco Guardi, mid- to late 1760s

Painting of fishermen in a rowboat beside a riverside castle with a tall tower under a cloudy sky.

Castle by a River

Jan van Goyen, 1647

Painting of elegant figures on a classical arcaded terrace overlooking a river with St. Paul's Cathedral and boats.

Capriccio with St. Paul's and Old London Bridge

Antonio Joli, ca. 1745

Venetian canal scene with the Rialto Bridge, gondolas, and arcaded buildings under a pale cloudy sky.

The Grand Canal above the Rialto

Francesco Guardi, late 1760s

Painting of a calm river with a village church, sailboats, a ferry and rowboats under a heavy cloudy sky.

River View with a Village Church

Painting of two sailing ships on a calm harbor with a town and church steeple under a hazy sky.

Honfleur

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1865

Painting of Venice's Dogana and domed Santa Maria della Salute across the lagoon, with gondolas and figures on the water.

Venice: The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute

Francesco Guardi

Wide flat river landscape under a stormy sky, with a sailboat, distant city, farmhouses and grazing cattle.

Wide River Landscape

Philips Koninck, ca. 1648-49

Painting of a stone arched bridge over a river with moored barges, washerwomen, and twin towers under a stormy sky.

The Pont Neuf

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1849-50

Painting of the Rialto Bridge over a busy Venetian canal with gondolas, sailboats, and palazzo facades.

Venice: The Rialto

Francesco Guardi

Dark painting of a crowded boat with anguished figures and a standing red-hooded man, loosely brushed in browns and greens.

Copy after Delacroix's "Bark of Dante"

Édouard Manet, ca. 1859

Painting of a canal quay with a horse, figures, moored boats, a brick building and a cloudy sky.

Canal Side