Boating

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Artist: Edouard Manet
Date: 1874
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 38 1/4 x 51 1/4 in. (97.2 x 130.2 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: River Glass · Teal family · #478181 · 39%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #5E4A32 · 18%

Lead Type · Gray family · #858470 · 13%

Charred Umber · Black family · #201A12 · 8%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #2B403E · 7%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A18969 · 4%

Blue Spruce Cloth · Teal family · #35595C · 3%

Granite Face · Gray family · #667575 · 1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5A655A · 1%

Stormwash · Blue family · #547380 · 1%

Press Black · Black family · #0B161C · <1%

Marine Tempera · Blue family · #4F6478 · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #CCC6A7 · <1%

Duck Egg Slip · Teal family · #7BA29D · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #100C12 · <1%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #C1B094 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #976530 · <1%

Turquoise Tessera · Teal family · #118887 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

10 tags

Human Figure Both · 99%

A man and a woman are clearly visible in the boat, and the catalog lists Men and Women among the subjects.
Modes of Transportation Both · 99%

The composition visibly centers on a sailboat, with its hull, mast, sail, and rigging shown; the catalog lists Boats as a subject.
Waterscapes Visual · 98%

Blue-green water fills most of the background and surrounds the boat.
Leisure Interpretive · 76%

The relaxed seated figures, clothing, and boating setting suggest recreation or leisure, though the catalog does not specify the occasion.

Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 93%

The painting uses vivid turquoise and blue-green water, a blue dress, pale clothing, and contrasting warm brown wood.

Painting Both · 99%

The image is visibly a painting, and the museum catalog classifies the work as Painting/Paintings.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum catalog identifies the medium as oil on canvas.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 89%

Directional, visibly varied brushwork can be seen across the water, garments, figures, and wooden boat rather than uniformly smooth rendering.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1874, placing it in the nineteenth century.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies Manet as French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris.

Edouard Manet. Boating. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.