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Cloud Study in the Late Afternoon, 1840
Hampstead Heath with Bathers, ca. 1821–22
Cloud Study in the Late Afternoon, 1840. Jean-Michel Cels, Cloud Study in the Late Afternoon (detail), 1840. Oil on paper. Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2016.1 / 4

Chasing Clouds

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sep 14, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 Upper East Side

Oil sketches, paintings, drawings and photographs from the 1800s to the early 1900s showing how artists, scientists and photographers tried to capture and classify clouds.

Full details at metmuseum.org

Museum Upper East Side

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 Fifth Avenue

Open Sun–Tue and Thu 10–5, Fri–Sat to 9

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