In the Sea
Mermaids and a dark-haired man holding a harp-like instrument crowd a cool teal sea under a cloudy sky. A nude woman in a red drape floats in the foreground, while a mermaid with a green-scaled tail and other swimmers in the distance look on. Painted in oil on panel.
- Artist
- Arnold Böcklin
- Date
- 1883
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1271 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1883).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Joseph Winterbotham Collection
