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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,256 works

Painting of a summer lake scene with tall trees, people picnicking on the grassy shore, and two rowboats on calm water.

Summer Day on Conesus Lake

John Frederick Kensett, 1870

Whaling ship among ice floes off Greenland, crew on the ice, icebergs and mountains under a pale sky.

Off Greenland - Whaler Seeking Open Water

William Bradford

Dark storm clouds over a still inlet with a sailboat, a rowboat, and a seated man with a dog on the shore.

Approaching Thunder Storm

Martin Johnson Heade, 1859

Painting of a rowboat on calm water at sunset, with dark trees on the right and a distant sailboat under a rose-colored sky.

Twilight on the Sound, Darien, Connecticut

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Painting of a village with a church steeple on a cliff above a lake with sailboats and distant mountains.

Lake George and the Village of Caldwell

Thomas Chambers, ca. 1850s

Painting of a standing commander holding an American flag in a crowded boat crossing an icy river, with soldiers rowing.

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1851

Virgin and Christ Child standing atop a small chapel, crowned by angels, with a ship and coastline below.

The Translation of the Holy House of Loreto

Saturnino Gatti, ca. 1490

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

Sunlit Venetian canal with gondolas, arched palazzi, shade trees, and children on the steps beside the water.

A Canal in Venice

Martín Rico y Ortega, 1879

Painting of a calm river with a figure in a small boat, grassy meadows, trees and a tall poplar under a cloudy sky.

A River Landscape

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1845-50

Painting of a battered shipwreck tilting in stormy seas, with survivors in a rowboat and sailboats nearby under heavy clouds.

Shipwreck off Nantucket (Wreck off Nantucket after a Storm)

William Bradford, ca. 1860-61

Painting of beached sailing boats on a pebbled shore below steep cliffs, with a large building at right and a calm bay beyond

View at Amalfi, Bay of Salerno

George Loring Brown, 1857

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

Racing yachts with white sails cross choppy water while steamships trail smoke and rowboats fill the foreground.

Finish - First International Race for America's Cup, August 8, 1870

Samuel Colman, 1870

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 several tall sailing ships and a steamship with black smokestack on choppy water, flying American flags.

The Tow Boat Conqueror

James Guy Evans, 1852

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

Three men in a canoe shoot through white rapids on a dark river, with a wooded bank in the background.

Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River

Winslow Homer, 1905-10

Painting of a large tree on a grassy bank, a seated man, and a rowboat on calm water under cloudy skies.

Bayside, New Rochelle, New York

David Johnson, 1886

Black and white view of a sailboat with three crew on rough sea, a second boat and buoy in the hazy distance.

Marine

Edward Moran, ca. 1871

Ink painting of a large sailing boat in calm water, with a tree-lined shore and small boats in the distance.

Shibaura Bay of Musashi Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Handscroll of an imperial barge and boats on a canal, with a procession along the bank and pavilions among trees.

The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Six: Entering Suzhou along the Grand Canal

Xu Yang, dated 1770

Ink landscape hanging scroll with rocky mountains, a leaning pine, a river boat and scholars on the shore.

Farewell by a Stream on a Clear Day

Zhao Yuan, second half 14th century

Ink painting of an arched bridge over water with houses, boats, reeds and ducks in soft grey tones.

The Imado Bridge at the Foot of Mount Matsuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 19th century

Ink landscape handscroll showing misty mountains, a river with fishing boats and fishermen, reeds, and trees.

Joys of the Fisherman

Wang Fu, ca. 1410

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty rock cliffs, pine trees, a pavilion, and a sailing boat on calm water.

Landscape

Kusumi Morikage, 17th century

Ink handscroll landscape of bare trees, an arched bridge, a small rowing boat and misty mountains, with red seals.

Farewell at the Bridge of the Hanging Rainbow

Tang Yin, datable to 1508

Six-panel gold screen with stylized waves, two boats, rocks, green shrubs and red maple branches.

Boats upon Waves

Tawaraya Sotatsu, mid- to late 17th century