Sloop, Nassau

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Artist: Winslow Homer
Date: 1899
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 21 3/8 in. (37.8 x 54.3 cm)
Origin: American
Department: The American Wing
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #748E90 · 21%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #EBD7C5 · 16%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B1B0A1 · 12%

Duck Egg Slip · Teal family · #8DABAA · 7%

Faded Damask Teal · Teal family · #50747C · 7%

Waxed Parchment · White family · #E5E0D0 · 7%

Blue Spruce Cloth · Teal family · #3F616B · 6%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #8F9B93 · 6%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #354B52 · 5%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #A6C0BF · 5%

Clay Tablet · Brown family · #7F685C · 3%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B09583 · 1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #50403E · 1%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #538FA7 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3C363A · <1%

Faded Indigo · Blue family · #657685 · <1%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #E79077 · <1%

Delft Glaze · Blue family · #1577A2 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Amelia B. Lazarus Fund, 1910

8 tags

Waterscapes Both · 99%

Water occupies most of the composition, with a horizon, reflective passages, and a distant shoreline; the catalog lists “Seascapes” among the subjects.
Modes of Transportation Both · 99%

A prominent sailing vessel and a smaller foreground boat are clearly visible, corresponding to the catalog subject “Boats.”
Human Figure Both · 96%

Several small human figures are visible aboard the central vessel, consistent with the catalog subject “Men.”

Watercolor Both · 99%

The work is cataloged as watercolor and visibly uses translucent, fluid washes in blue, green, gray, peach, and cream.
Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art identifies the medium as watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper.
Stains/Washes Visual · 94%

The sky and water are formed from loose, overlapping translucent washes with soft edges and variations in pigment density.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1899, placing it within the nineteenth century.

American Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the place of origin as American and identifies Homer as an American artist.

Winslow Homer. Sloop, Nassau. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.