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The Aegean Sea, Frederic Edwin Church, ca. 1877
Frederic Edwin Church, portraitFrederic Edwin ChurchAmerican, 1826–1900

The Aegean Sea

ca. 1877 · Painting

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Where is “The Aegean Sea” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 760, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

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New York, United States

Room760

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About the painting

The Aegean Sea is a c. 1877 oil painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, and one of his last large-scale paintings.

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Accession number
02.23

What it shows

SeaLandscapeTreeRainbows

In the catalog

PaintingsOilAmerican paintingRealismImpressionism19th centuryAmerican

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