The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog

A woman in a pale blue dress sits in a wooden chair holding an open book, her gaze turned toward the viewer. At her feet a red setter lies stretched across a patterned rug, while a mustard-yellow curtain and framed pictures fill the room behind her.

Look closer: A framed picture hangs on the wall in the upper left, partly hidden in shadow.

Artist

Thomas Eakins

Date

ca. 1884–89

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2871 × 3722 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1923