The Gulf Stream

Winslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906

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The Gulf Stream, 1899; reworked by 1906. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in. (71.4 x 124.8 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: The Gulf Stream
Artist: Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine)
Date: 1899; reworked by 1906
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in. (71.4 x 124.8 cm) Framed: 42 5/16 x 62 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (107.5 x 159.3 x 15 cm)
Credit line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1906
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1836–1910

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.