Natural Bridge, Bermuda
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Details
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Date
- ca. 1901
- Dimensions
- 14 7/16 x 21 in. (36.7 x 53.3 cm)
- Origin
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Amelia B. Lazarus Fund, 1910
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The title identifies a natural coastal site in Bermuda, the catalog lists “Oceans” as the subject, and the image visibly depicts open water meeting a rocky shore.
Medium and Techniques
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Watercolor Metadata · 99%
The work is classified as a watercolor, with the medium recorded as watercolor and graphite on white wove paper.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly identifies white wove paper as the support.
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Stains/Washes Both · 96%
The catalog identifies watercolor, and the image visibly uses broad transparent and semi-opaque washes across the sky, sea, and rocky foreground.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 92%
Broad, sweeping strokes and varied loose brushwork describe the sky, ocean, rock shelf, and darker outcrops.
Time Periods
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1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 93%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1901, placing it within the 1900–1917 period.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art identifies the work’s place of origin as American and catalogs it by the American artist Winslow Homer.
Source & rights
Winslow Homer. Natural Bridge, Bermuda. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 4,000 × 2,796 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available