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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,256 works

Ink painting of a misty river with a sailboat, rooftops on the bank, and autumn trees tinted orange and blue.

Sailing in Autumn

Xugu, dated 1893

Ink and color landscape of a misty river with mountains, a boat with a figure, red autumn trees and a pavilion.

Landscape with Autumn Foliage

Ink drawing of tiered palace pavilions, a stone staircase with figures, and two sailing boats on water.

The Daming Palace

Wang Zhenpeng, early 15th century

Hanging scroll of the god Jurōjin in a boat with a white deer, a turtle, a flying crane and a pine tree.

The God of Good Fortune Jurōjin

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1773

Ink landscape of a misty river with two small boats, a riverside village, trees, and layered mountains in the background.

Landscape with Sailboats

Ink landscape of bare trees on a riverbank, a small boat with three figures on still water, and misty mountains behind.

Landscapes after Tang-dynasty poems

Sheng Maoye, mid-17th century

Six-panel folding screen of children playing by a sandy shore, with a boat and gold leaf clouds.

Children Playing in Summer and Winter

Maruyama Ōshin, early 19th century

Painting of a Venetian canal with moored boats, gondolas, a classical church at right, and a tall bell tower under a bright s

Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1835

Cutaway woodblock print of a warship showing sailors working in labeled decks, with smoke and rough sea below.

The Interior Works of an Armed Japanese Battleship

Unsen, 1874 (Meiji 7)

Woodblock print of a robed man with a scroll and a woman in pink kimono standing in a boat on rippling water.

Parody of the Noh Play "Hakurakuten"

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Watercolor of boys in straw hats in a wooden dory on calm water, with sailboats and a shoreline in the distance.

Boys in a Dory

Winslow Homer, 1873

Watercolor of a rower in a red headband and white shirt in a single scull on a river, with sailboats in the distance.

John Biglin in a Single Scull

Thomas Eakins, ca. 1873

Watercolor of a harbor city across a bay, with ships, a windmill, a sandy shore and a windswept pine in the foreground.

New York from the Heights near Brooklyn

William Guy Wall, ca. 1820-23

Watercolor of two fishing boats on turquoise water, one white boat labeled Lizzie with billowing sail and crew at work.

Fishing Boats, Key West

Winslow Homer, 1903

Etching of an imagined Venetian canal scene with a domed church, boats, terraced houses, and a seated man on a wall.

Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats…

Canaletto, 1741

Pen and wash drawing of a river town with a hilltop castle, wooden bridge, church spire and a sailboat on the water.

View of Heidelberg

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1588-89

Two barefoot boys with a bucket on a sandy beach beside beached sailboats, with a fish lying on the sand.

A Basket of Clams

Winslow Homer, 1873

Watercolor of a lake with blue mountains, a shoreline town, bathers in the foreground and a glowing sunset sky.

The Lake of Zug

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1843

Misty grey night view of the Thames with a small boat and figure in the foreground, factory chimneys and a spire on the far s

Nocturne (Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea)

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Brown ink drawing of Venice lagoon with gondolas, sailing boats, and a domed church on the distant waterfront.

Panaromic View of the Bacino di San Marco, Looking up the Giudecca Canal

Francesco Guardi, 1780-93

Watercolor of sailing ships and a small boat on choppy green water, with a hilly shoreline and buildings in the background.

Quarantine, Staten Island

William James Bennett, 1833

Pen-and-ink drawing of a Venetian canal with a gothic palazzo, a tower, and moored boats.

Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni, Venice

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1885

Watercolor of a circular mill with vaned sails beside a New York harbor dock, with a sailing ship and workers.

Circular Mill, King Street, New York

John William Hill, 1830

Watercolor of a busy harbor street with tall ships, brick warehouses, barrels, and men in top hats.

View of South Street, from Maiden Lane, New York City

William James Bennett, ca. 1827

Pen and ink drawing of a Venetian canal with an arched bridge, gondolas, and a tall domed bell tower behind buildings.

Rio della Fosca and Santa Fosca, Venice

Andrew Fisher Bunner

Watercolor of white sailboats and a rowboat in turquoise sea, with rusted cannons on sandy shore under a cloudy sky.

Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1899

Watercolor of a young woman in a flower garland beside an outrigger canoe under a tree, with a thatched hut behind.

Portrait of Faase, the Taupo, or Official Virgin, of Fagaloa Bay, and Her Duenna, Samoa

John La Farge, 1891 (?)

Pen and ink drawing of a Venetian church tower, trees, and a gondola moored beside a stone staircase on a canal.

San Moise e Giardinetto, Venice

Andrew Fisher Bunner

Watercolor of a white sloop with billowing sails on choppy blue water, with a small rowboat and distant shoreline.

Sloop, Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1899

Three women carry a long canoe along a grassy shore by the sea, under tropical trees, in a 1891 watercolor.

Girls Carrying a Canoe, Vaiala in Samoa

John La Farge, 1891