The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog
Thomas Eakins
ca. 1884–89
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 · 1844–1916
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...