Sunset on the Sea

John Frederick Kensett's 1872 seascape: a quiet golden sunset glowing over a calm, empty sea.

Credit & license

John Frederick Kensett, Sunset on the Sea (1872). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Thomas Kensett, 1874. Public domain (CC0).

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Sanford Gifford's 1866 Adirondack dusk: Whiteface Mountain glows rose above still Lake Placid.

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Jasper Cropsey's 1867 view across a wide autumn valley in New Jersey under a vast, luminous sky.

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John Frederick Kensett's 1857 view of the Hudson winding between green highlands under a soft summer sky.

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Sanford Gifford's 1862 Catskills gorge, dissolved in glowing golden autumn haze beside a lone birch.

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