A Basket of Clams
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Date
- 1873
- Medium
- Watercolor on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (29.2 x 24.8 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
- Gift of Arthur G. Altschul, 1995
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Childhood Both · 100%
The catalog lists Boys as a subject, and the image clearly shows two young boys.
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Human Figure Both · 100%
Two human figures are the central subjects of the image, and the catalog lists Boys among the subjects.
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Animals Both · 100%
A fish is clearly visible on the sand in the foreground, and Fish is listed in the catalog subjects.
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Nautical Both · 100%
Multiple boats, masts, and rigging dominate the middle ground, while Boats is listed in the catalog subjects.
Medium and Techniques
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Watercolor Metadata · 100%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as watercolor and specifies the medium as watercolor on wove paper.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 100%
The catalog identifies the support as wove paper.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 100%
The work is dated 1873.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 99%
The artist is identified as American and the place of origin is listed as American.
Source & rights
Winslow Homer. A Basket of Clams. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 3,366 × 4,000 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available