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Sloop, Nassau

Winslow Homer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a white sailboat with its sails up, positioned near the center of the image. The sailboat has two people on board. A smaller brown boat is in the water to the left of the sailboat. A person is sitting in a small boat on the right side of the image. The water is blue with ripples and reflections of light. The sky is cloudy and gray with pinkish hues. The title of the painting is "Sloop, Nassau" and the artist is Winslow Homer.

Artwork details

Date:
1899
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 421 px
Museum record:
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