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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,256 works

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 ruined classical tomb by a lagoon at sunset, with a rowing boat, sailing ship, and small figures.

Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon

Canaletto, early 1740s

Harbor street scene with sailors, a woman in a green dress, a fruit stand, children, and tall ships at dock.

After a Long Cruise

John Carlin, 1857

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

Painting of two warships in battle at sea, one flying American flags and one a British ensign, with smoke and torn sails.

The Constitution and the Guerriere

Thomas Chambers, ca. 1845

Painting of a shoreline baptism at sunset, with robed figures wading in water, a crowd on the beach, and boats.

Baptism

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Woman in white dress and black hat resting in a dark rowboat on a reflective pond with brown and green banks.

Alice Gerson in Prospect Park

William Merritt Chase, 1886

Sunset over a Venetian lagoon with a domed church silhouetted against light, surrounded by boats with red sails.

Santa Maria della Salute, Sunset

William Stanley Haseltine, 1870-85

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

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

Grayscale painting of a birchbark canoe on a river with three figures, a rock and forest behind them.

Pitched It Sheer into the River . . . Where It Still Is Seen in the Summer

Frederic Remington, 1889

Painting of a harbor with wooden piers, rowboats, a sailboat, warehouses and a horse and cart under a sunset sky.

Old Ferry Stairs

William P. Chappel, 1870s

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 stormy harbor with masted ships and workers near a columned customs house, by Robert Salmon, 1828.

The Custom House at Greenock, Scotland

Robert Salmon, 1828

Painting of white sailboats on blue water and green-patched mudflats at low tide, with buildings and trees along the far shor

Low Tide, Riverside Yacht Club

Theodore Robinson, 1894

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

Painting of Venice's Molo waterfront with the campanile, Doge's Palace, gondolas and sailing boats under a cloudy sky.

The Molo, Venice, from the Bacino di San Marco

Luca Carlevarijs, ca. 1709

Small painting of a circular tower, houses, and an arched bridge over water, with sailboats and figures on a shore.

Capriccio with a Circular Tower, Two Houses, and a Bridge

Francesco Guardi, 18th century

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

Venetian harbor scene with gondolas, sailing ships, a domed church across the water and a customs house on the right.

The Bacino, Venice, with the Dogana and a Distant View of the Isola di San Giorgio

Luca Carlevarijs, ca. 1709

Painting of a fisherman beside a tree and rowboat on a grassy bank, with a calm pond and distant town under a cloudy sky.

A Pond near Nangis

Paul Désiré Trouillebert, 1880-95

Hanging scroll of a riverside scene with pine trees, two boats with seated figures, and a white horse on a rocky bank.

Song of the Lute

Ding Yunpeng, 1585

Painting of a busy Venetian waterfront with the Doge's Palace, moored ships, gondolas, and crowds under a cloudy sky.

The Molo, Venice, Looking West

Luca Carlevarijs, ca. 1709

Ink landscape on a fan showing a small boat on a misty river, mountains behind, and autumn trees with red foliage.

Setting Sun on the Autumn River

Pan Yunyu, 1604 or 1664

Ink landscape on a fan-shaped gold leaf showing a pointed mountain, bamboo grove, and moored boats along a riverbank.

Riverscape with moored boats

Wu Shantao, late 17th or early 18th century

Hanging scroll of a misty river landscape with pines, red trees, a sailboat, and a seated scholar by a hut.

Landscape for Zhao Yipeng

Tang Yin, late 15th-early 16th century

Ink landscape of bare trees, a thatched hut and rocky hills under soft grey mist.

Landscapes of the Twelve Months

Gong Xian, ca. 1685

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a boat on a river below a pine-covered cliff, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Boating beneath Echo Hill

Mei Qing, datable to 1673

Gold-leaf screen with green hills, gold clouds, a palanquin procession, mounted riders and a boat on a river.

“An Imperial Excursion” (Miyuki), “A Boat Cast Adrift” (Ukifune), and “The Barrier Gate” (Sekiya)

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, mid-16th-early 17th century

Six-panel screen of misty ink-wash mountains with a boat on a river between cliffs and trees, on gold-speckled ground.

The Poet Li Bo's Visit to Mount Emei

Shiokawa Bunrin, 1875