Taking Up the Net
Thomas Eakins
1881
Medium
Watercolor on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
9 9/16 × 14 1/8 in. (24.3 × 35.9 cm) Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1925
Accession Number
25.97.3
Tags
MenFishingBoats
About the Artist
Thomas Eakins · 1844–1916
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was an American painter, photographer, and educator who carried 19th-century American Realism to its highest achievement. Based in Philadelphia throughout his life, he created uncompromising portraits and genre scenes that depicted American life with a scientific precision and psychological depth unprecedented in his time. Born into an educated Philadelphia family, Eakin...