The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog

Thomas Eakins

ca. 1884–89

The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog by Thomas Eakins

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

30 x 23 in. (76.2 x 58.4 cm)

Classification

Painting

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1923

Accession Number

23.139

Tags

PortraitsWomenDogs

About the Artist

Thomas Eakins · 18441916

Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was an American painter, photographer, and educator who carried 19th-century American Realism to its highest achievement. Based in Philadelphia throughout his life, he created uncompromising portraits and genre scenes that depicted American life with a scientific precision and psychological depth unprecedented in his time. Born into an educated Philadelphia family, Eakin...

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