The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog

Thomas Eakins, ca. 1884–89

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The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog, ca. 1884–89. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 30 x 23 in. (76.2 x 58.4 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog
Artist: Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Date: ca. 1884–89
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 23 in. (76.2 x 58.4 cm)
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1923
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1844–1916

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