Boys in a Dory

Colors in this work

Artist: Winslow Homer
Date: 1873
Medium: Watercolor washes and gouache over graphite underdrawing on medium rough textured white wove paper
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (24.8 x 35.2 cm)
Origin: American
Department: The American Wing
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Olive Ground · Yellow family · #877A5F · 22%

Press Black · Black family · #14130B · 16%

Limestone Dust · Gray family · #CCC5B3 · 13%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #ACA38E · 11%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #302D1D · 10%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #AEB9C4 · 8%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #5E5136 · 7%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #493F28 · 7%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #6B5E43 · 4%

Lead Type · Gray family · #6F8285 · 1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #886A30 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #04040B · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #070403 · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5F666C · <1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4A5048 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #876A5C · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #040705 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #776968 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Bequest of Molly Flagg Knudtsen, 2001

9 tags

Human Figure Both · 99%

The catalog lists Boys as a subject, and multiple human figures are visibly seated or standing in the boat.
Nautical Both · 99%

The catalog lists Boats as a subject, and the foreground dory and several distant sailboats are clearly visible.
Landscapes and Waterscapes Visual · 98%

The composition presents an expansive body of water, a low shoreline, distant boats, and sky as a unified waterscape.
Water Visual · 99%

Water occupies much of the lower half of the image and is rendered with extensive broken horizontal strokes and reflected light.

Dark Colors Visual · 97%

The nearly black hull and other dark passages form a pronounced tonal contrast with the pale sky, water, and clothing.

Watercolor Both · 99%

The museum classifies the work as watercolor and describes watercolor washes and gouache; the image visibly shows translucent washes with more opaque accents.
Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

The museum identifies watercolor and gouache over a graphite underdrawing on white wove paper.

American Art Metadata · 99%

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

Winslow Homer. Boys in a Dory. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.