The Gulf Stream

A lone man sits in a battered rowboat, its mast broken, tossed on dark, churning waves beneath a heavy grey sky. Sharks circle the boat beneath the surface, their bodies shadowy in the deep green water.

Look closer: A faint sailing ship sits on the distant horizon.

Artist

Winslow Homer

Date

1899; reworked by 1906

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 2468 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1906