Greek Girls Bathing

Several women in flowing classical drapery gather on a wide sandy beach beside the sea. A woman in a billowing red cloak stands at center near the surf, while others bathe, sit and gesture in the foreground and along the shore.

Look closer: A small figure in white drapery is partly hidden near the water on the right, almost lost in the sea light.

Artist

Elihu Vedder

Date

1872–77

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2719 × 828 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1958