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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

364 works

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

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

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

View of a Harbor

Oil painting of an English warship firing a gun in a calm harbor, with smoke, small boats and a hazy evening sky.

Harbor Scene: An English Ship with Sails Loosened Firing a Gun

Painting of armed men on a rocky coast beneath a dramatic stormy sky, with a natural stone arch and a wind-bent tree.

Bandits on a Rocky Coast

Salvator Rosa, 1655-60

Painting of a stormy sea at sunset with a small boat near rocky cliffs, sunlight breaking through clouds above a silhouetted

Sunset after a Storm on the Coast of Sicily

Andreas Achenbach, 1853

Moonlit seascape of a mother and child on a rocky shore beside an anchor, with a sailboat on the water.

Mother and Child by the Sea

Johan Christian Dahl, 1830

Painting of a sandy cove with turquoise sea, rocks, and windswept cypress trees on a grassy bluff under a cloudy sky.

Sea Cove

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1880-90

Painting of a wooden ship on a shipyard slipway, with horses, logs, workers, a tree, and a sailboat on the water.

Berg's Ship Yard

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Night harbor scene with a full moon over moored sailing ships, rowboats, warehouses and a church spire.

Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight

Johan Christian Dahl, 1846

Small oil study of white surf breaking on a sandy beach, with a green sea and dark headland under a pale blue sky.

Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts

Winslow Homer, 1869 (?)

Clipper ship with white sails and American flag in choppy harbor water among smaller boats, with a city skyline in the distan

The Golden State Entering New York Harbor

Fitz Henry Lane, 1854

Dark nocturnal seascape with a glowing moon behind clouds, a silhouetted sailing ship, and craquelured paint surface.

Moonlight Marine

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1870-90

Painting of white cliffs above a choppy sea with sailboats near shore and a small village at right, under a cloudy sky.

Sea and Cliffs

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885

Fan-shaped painting of blue-green mountains, trees, and pavilions on a gold ground with calligraphy and red seals.

Brocaded Sea of Peach Blossom Waves

Dark painting of a grounded two-masted ship beside a rocky cliff and cave, with small figures, a horse, and a hazy sea.

The Smugglers' Cove

Albert Pinkham Ryder, ca. 1880

Ink and colour painting of a spiny lobster and a pufferfish swimming over a rippled sandy sea floor with seaweed.

Bottom of the Sea Showing Cray Fish

Seki Shūkō, ca. 1890-92

Painting of green ocean waves breaking onto a sandy beach under a pale overcast sky.

New Jersey Beach

William Trost Richards, 1901

Calm sea at sunset with a glowing sun near the horizon, pink clouds, and rocky shorelines in the foreground and right.

Sunset

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Grisaille painting of a dismasted ship in a storm, with sailors on rocks and in the waves beside a steep cliff.

A Shipwreck in a Storm

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1782

Painting of turbulent white surf breaking on dark rocks under a stormy grey sky with seagulls and a distant boat.

Surf on Rocks

William Trost Richards, 1890s

Oil painting of a calm bay with a sailboat, rocky beach, boulders and green hills under a pale sky.

Marine Landscape

Alfred Thompson Bricher, ca. 1895

Painting of a sailing ship on New York harbor with a fort wall, American flag, and distant city skyline under clouds.

Bay and Harbor of New York from Bedlow's Island

Edmund C. Coates, 1850-60

Painting of a double rainbow over a calm sea, with ruins, a distant city, robed figures, and a dark cliff on the left.

The Aegean Sea

Frederic Edwin Church, ca. 1877

Painting of a choppy harbor with a sailing boat, a tall ship, pilings, and a fortified waterfront under cloudy skies.

New York from the Harbor Showing the Battery and Castle Garden

Alfred Copestick, 1858

Grayscale painting of a three-masted sailing ship in a harbor with sailboats, a city skyline, and a flagpole on a pier.

Bay and Harbor of New York from Bedlow's Island

Edmund C. Coates, 1864 or 1866

Painting of a windswept landscape with leaning trees, dense shrubs, a distant strip of water, and a heavy cloudy sky.

Near the Coast

Robert Swain Gifford, ca. 1885

Grayscale view of a rocky coast with cliffs, a wrecked boat on the sand, two figures, and a distant sailboat.

Seashore, Morning

William Hart, 1866

Painting of rough green sea waves breaking white against dark rocky cliffs under a grey overcast sky.

Cannon Rock

Winslow Homer, 1895