The Chess Players
Thomas Eakins
1876
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
11 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (29.8 x 42.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the artist, 1881
Accession Number
81.14
Tags
InteriorsMenChessPlayingCats
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...