Cleveland Museum of Art

Point Judith, Rhode Island

Martin Johnson Heade

Date

1867–68

Medium

oil on canvas

Culture

America

Department

American Painting and Sculpture

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

One of only a handful of nocturnal scenes painted by Heade, this evocative painting captures the effects of glimmering moonlight on land, sea, and sky. Although the artist depicts a specific location, his nighttime rendering shrouds most details in shadow, imparting a greater sense of mood than place. Human presence manifests itself through two sailing ships on the left side of the composition. Home to Point Judith, the beach town of Narragansett has its population double during summertime.

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