Summer Day on Conesus Lake

A calm summer lake lies to the right, bordered by tall, leafy trees on the left where small groups of people rest on the grass. Two rowboats drift near the shore, and a distant tree line fades into a hazy, luminous sky.

Look closer: A small figure in white walks along the grass near the trees.

Artist

John Frederick Kensett

Date

1870

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2691 × 1768 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900