Axial Commons Image Treasury
Watercolor of a dark rocky headland meeting a grey-blue sea beneath a pale band of evening light and heavy clouds.

Prout's Neck, Evening

A watercolor seascape showing a dark rocky headland at lower left meeting a calm, grey-blue sea under a band of pale, luminous light beneath heavy, stormy clouds. Loose washes, blotting, and bare paper suggest the fading evening light and wet air over the water.

Artist
Winslow Homer
Date
c. 1894
Medium
Watercolor, with rewetting and blotting, over traces of graphite, on thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper (top edge trimmed)
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1116 px
Download full size
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1899).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

Español: Prout's Neck, atardecer

Una acuarela de marina que muestra un promontorio rocoso oscuro en la esquina inferior izquierda frente a un mar gris azulado en calma, bajo una franja de luz pálida y nubes pesadas. Las aguadas sueltas, el secado con papel y el papel sin pintar sugieren la luz del atardecer que se desvanece.

Português: Prout's Neck, entardecer

Uma aquarela de marinha mostrando um promontório rochoso escuro no canto inferior esquerdo, diante de um mar cinza-azulado calmo, sob uma faixa de luz pálida e nuvens pesadas. Aguadas soltas, marcas de secagem com papel e áreas de papel sem tinta sugerem a luz do entardecer se dissipando.

More from The Sea and Ships

Engraving of fishermen in boats hauling a net that holds a fanged sea monster amid rippling waves.Fishermen Catching a Sea MonsterPainting of a woman riding a white bull into the sea while two women gesture on a rocky shore under a glowing sky.The Abduction of EuropaPainting of a shepherd playing a pipe under a tree while a woman in pink rides a white bull through water, with brown cattle and women nearby.The Abduction of EuropaEtching of a dark-sailed boat in the foreground with ships on calm water toward a faint horizon at evening.Her Majesty's Fleet: EveningPainting of a formal Venetian-style garden with geometric flowerbeds, brick buildings, trees, small figures, and boats on water under a pale sky.The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal ZaffoOil painting of sailboats on a grey estuary under heavy clouds, with a figure in a small boat at left and a tall-sailed boat at right.Fishing Boats off an Estuary