Down to the Sea
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Rockwell Kent American, 1882–1971. Down to the Sea, 1910. Oil on canvas, 42 1/2 × 56 1/4 in., 63 lb. (108 × 142.9 cm) frame: 49 x 63 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (124.5 x 160.7 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frank L. Babbott, 25.758. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 25.758_SL1.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Down to the Sea
Date
1910
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
42 1/2 × 56 1/4 in., 63 lb. (108 × 142.9 cm) frame: 49 x 63 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (124.5 x 160.7 x 6.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left: "Rockwell Kent 1910"
Credit Line
Gift of Frank L. Babbott
Accession Number
25.758
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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Frequent Art Questions
When was this piece made?
This painting dates to 1910. It was painted by Rockwell Kent and is titled "Down to the Sea."Kent was an American painter from New York. He travelled extensively and drew inspiration for his works from the locales he visited, such as Newfoundland, Alaska, and Tierra del Fuego.Interesting, this almost looks like a funeral scene...yet the title seems more nonchalant or optimistic if what's being shown. Is there a connection?It's a really intriguing painting since it does look pretty ambiguous. It's thought to be a scene of farewell to a sailor who is headed out to sea.I thought those boxes in front were coffins lol!They are a little hard to make out since they're in the darker part of the painting. They may be some kind of lobster traps!
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