[Thomas Eakins, Nude, Playing Pipes]
Thomas Eakins
ca. 1883
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
22.7 x 16.6 cm (8 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.) irregular
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1943
Accession Number
43.87.22
Tags
Musical InstrumentsMale Nudes
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...