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The Herring Net, 1885. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 76.5 × 122.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism · Realism · Modernism
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- Museum title
- The Herring Net
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
- Date
- 1885
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 × 122.9 cm (30 1/8 × 48 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.