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Painting of a river landscape with sailboats, ruined tower, palm tree, and figures on sandy banks under a blue sky.

Fantastic Landscape

Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765

Painting of the sailing ship Franklin flying the American flag among many boats in a New York harbor under cloudy sky.

The U. S. Ship Franklin, with a View of the Bay of New York

Thomas Thompson, 1820

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, a pine tree, a pavilion by a river, and a small boat with two figures.

Mountain Landscape

Gakuō Zōkyū, 1490

Painting of fishermen hauling nets on a rocky shore beside a grotto arch, with a sailing ship and hazy evening sky.

Harbor Scene with a Grotto and Fishermen Hauling in Nets

Joseph Vernet, 1770

Watercolor of moored sailing boats and a rowing boat on a sunlit harbor with shoreline buildings under a cloudy sky.

Marine Scene (Boats near Venice)

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1903

Dark sailboat on a moonlit sea beneath a heavy cloud, with a pale moon glowing in a band of sky.

Under a Cloud

Albert Pinkham Ryder, ca. 1900

Painting of two women and a child on a sunny beach with a white dog, sailboats on turquoise sea beyond.

Figures on the Beach

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1890

Three-masted ship beside towering icebergs in icy water, with rowboats, sailors on the ice, and a golden sky.

An Incident of Whaling

William Bradford, 1880s

Small painting of a dark ship with red flag tilting in rough teal waves under a pale sky.

A Ship in a Stormy Sea

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, 1892

Painting of a calm sea with a sailing boat and rowboat at right, under towering clouds, with distant sails on the horizon.

Calm Sea

Simon de Vlieger, after 1640

Painting of a calm turquoise sea under billowing clouds, with two beached boats on a sandy shore and distant sailboats.

The Calm Sea

Gustave Courbet, 1869

Night seascape with a steamship under a full moon, moonlight reflecting on waves and small figures on a dark beach.

Ship by Moonlight

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, 1837

Moonlit seascape with a rowing boat, moored sailing vessel, and snowy cliffs under a cloudy night sky with a crescent moon.

The North Cape by Moonlight

Peder Balke, 1848

Painting of a turquoise sea with a dark steamship with masts, small white sailboats, and a dark boat with a brown sail in the

The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne

Édouard Manet, 1864

Painting of a ship sailing through Arctic pack ice near an iceberg, with a polar bear on the ice and a storm cloud overhead.

An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay

William Bradford, 1871

Dark sailboat on turbulent golden sea under a glowing moon and clouds, painted in muted ochre and green tones.

The Toilers of the Sea

Albert Pinkham Ryder, ca. 1880-85

Painting of sailing boats on a calm river under a cloudy sky, with a distant town and church tower on the far bank.

Marine

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1650

Calm sea with small sailboats, a rowboat with one figure, and a wooded islet under a heavy cloudy sky.

Passing off of the Storm

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Ink painting of willow trees along a misty river with three small boats and a wooden footbridge.

Painting - Bi Chang

Bi Chang, 18th-19th century

Two men in a canoe on a misty river, one paddling and one reclining, with a black cat at the bow under a pale sky.

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

George Caleb Bingham, 1845

Calm harbor at sunset with sailboats, a rowboat on a pebble beach, rocky shore and a tall ship in the distance.

Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor

Fitz Henry Lane, 1862

Painting of tall sailing ships with red pennants in a bay, with women in classical dress gathering on the shore.

The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1643

Oil painting of a man in a straw boater and a woman in blue in a rowboat on turquoise water, by Edouard Manet.

Boating

Édouard Manet, 1874

Turner's misty seascape of a sailing ship amid rough waves, with a dark whale and small boats in the foreground.

Whalers

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1845

Painting of a river town with white villas and church towers, a rowboat on the water, and elegant figures on the bank.

Vaprio d'Adda

Bernardo Bellotto, 1744

Painting of several episodes from the Argonauts story: a ship, a golden procession, a rider crossing a bridge, and a city.

Scenes from the Story of the Argonauts

Biagio d'Antonio

Painting of a busy harbor with sailing ships, rowboats, a crowded quay, townhouses and a cloudy sky at sunset.

The Outer Harbor of Brest

Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe, 1773

Dark night scene of a rocky island with cypress trees, stone tombs, and a small boat carrying two figures on still water.

Island of the Dead

Arnold Böcklin, 1880

Painting of two saints departing from a harbor quay, with angels above and a ship with an SPQR banner on the sea.

The Departure of Saints Paula and Eustochium for the Holy Land

Giuseppe Bottani

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