Boats and ships
Sails, hulls and harbours, from fishing boats to men-of-war. 153 works, grouped by the museums' own subject tags and titles. Paintings first, then in date order.
153works
55average lightness (0–100)
14average colourfulness
1279–1941dates
Combined colour mix
Grey 27% · Gold & ochre 18% · Brown 14% · Green 12% · Black 9%
Artists here: Winslow Homer (13), Claude Monet (7), Katsushika Hokusai (5), J. M. W. Turner (4), Alfred Sisley (3), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (3), Utagawa Hiroshige II (3), Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (2), Charles-François Daubigny (2), Édouard Manet (2), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (2), Vincent van Gogh (2)
Yang Pu Moving His Family
Unknown artist, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) 元朝
The Battle of Pharsalus and the Death of Pompey
Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni, c. 1455
Saint Christopher Meets Satan; Saint Christopher before the King of Lycia
Martin de Soria, 1480–85
The Crucifixion
Carlo Crivelli, c. 1487
The Adoration of the Magi
Raffaello Botticini, c. 1495
Daniel Saving Susanna, the Judgment of Daniel, and the Execution of the Elders
Master of Apollo and Daphne, c. 1500
The Dream of Paris
Monogrammist PG, 1536
The Trojans Repairing Their Ships in Sicily
Dosso Dossi, c. 1520
Portrait of a Lady
Giovanni Antonio Fasolo, c. 1565
Fishing Boats off an Estuary
Jan van Goyen, 1633
A View of Vianen with a Herdsman and Cattle by a River
Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1643–c. 1645
Christ in the Storm
Heinrich Jansen, c. 1650
Landscape with Rock and Fortress
Domenico Gargiuli (Micco Spadaro), c. 1645
River Landscape with a View of Naarden
Salomon van Ruysdael, 1642
The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet
Claude Lorrain, ca. 1643
Coast Scene
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, c. 1655
Fishing Boats in a Calm
Jan van de Cappelle, 1651
The Dutch Whaling Fleet
Abraham Storck, c. 1695
Thomas Walker and Peter Monamy
Gawen Hamilton, c. 1735
Portico with a Lantern
Follower of Canaletto, c. 1745
The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
Michele Giovanni Marieschi, 1740–41
Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45
The Grand Canal, Venice
Francesco Guardi, c. 1760
Morning
Joseph Vernet, 1760
Capriccio: The Lagoon
Francesco Guardi, After 1770
The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo
Francesco Guardi, Late 1770s
The Gulf of Salerno
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1783–85
Boats near Hillside
Shibata Zeshin, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Ship in Full Sail
T. Davies, 1827
Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish
J. M. W. Turner, 1837–38
Shipwreck near a Rocky Coast
Thomas Birch, 1833
Rotterdam Ferry-Boat
J. M. W. Turner, 1833
Album Cover for Collection of Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
Ship paintings
Unknown artist, mid 19th century
View of Genoa
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1834
Dante's Bark
After Eugène Delacroix, c. 1840–60
Whalers
J. M. W. Turner, ca. 1845
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham, 1845
Ship "Arkansas" Leaving Havana
A. Hashagen, 1847
Mississippi Fisherman
George Caleb Bingham, c. 1850
Courtyard
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, c. 1855
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emanuel Leutze, 1851
Beached Fishing Boats
Jules Achille Noël, c. 1860
River Boat
Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1860
View of Cotopaxi
Frederic Edwin Church, 1857
Approaching Thunder Storm
Martin Johnson Heade, 1859
Entrance to the Port of Honfleur
Johan Jongkind, 1863–64
Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme)
Édouard Manet, 1864
Treasures of the Sea
Hans Makart, c. 1870–75
Landscape
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865/70
The Church of Overschie
Johan Jongkind, 1866
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
Claude Monet, 1867
View on the Seine, Paris
Stanislas Lépine, c. 1872
On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt
Claude Monet, 1868
James McNeill Whistler
Walter Greaves, 1869
Landscape along the Seine with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts
Alfred Sisley, c. 1875
Two Boats in a Storm
Jules Dupré, 1870–75
Barks Fleeing Before the Storm
Jules Dupré, 1870–75
On the Nile
Eugène Fromentin, 1871
The Marsh
Charles-François Daubigny, 1871
Boating
Édouard Manet, 1874
The Apple Market
Stanislas Lépine, c. 1880
The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand
Alfred Sisley, 1875
A Stream in France
Stanislas Lépine, c. 1880
Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875
York Harbor, Coast of Maine
Martin Johnson Heade, 1877
Springtime and Love
Francesco Paolo Michetti, 1878
Near the Lake
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1879–80
The Boathouse
Luigi Loir, c. 1885
Looking upon the River
Julie Hart Beers, 1880
Canal in Venice
Martín Rico, 1880s
Cliff Walk at Pourville
Claude Monet, 1882
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat, 1884–86, border added 1888–89
Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d'Amont
Claude Monet, 1885
The Herring Net
Winslow Homer, 1885
Boats on the Beach at Étretat
Claude Monet, 1885
The Departure of the Boats, Étretat
Claude Monet, 1885
Les Andelys, Côte d'Aval
Paul Signac, 1886
Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières)
Vincent van Gogh, 1887
The Fisherman's Family
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1887
Girl in a Boat with Geese
Berthe Morisot, c. 1889
Boats at Rest
Arthur Wesley Dow, c. 1895
The Loire
Alfred Sisley, 1896
Douarnenez in Sunshine
Maxime Maufra, 1897
A Ship in a Storm on the Atlantic
Vilhelm Arnesen, 1897
The Gulf Stream
Winslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906
The White Boat
Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, 1906
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