The Sea

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: John Frederick Kensett (American, Cheshire, Connecticut 1816–1872 New York)
Date: 1872
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (39.4 x 77.5 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: The American Wing
Credit line: Gift of Thomas Kensett, 1874
Accession no.: 74.35

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