The Moon
The Moon in Art
A sliver of crescent, a full moon over still water, moonlight catching a rooftop — few details set a mood like the moon. The most atmospheric moons in the collection, up close.
20 details · cropped from original museum images
full moon
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Aivazian) · Ship by Moonlight
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
rising moon or setting sun
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) · Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water
Art Institute of Chicago
crescent moon
Caspar David Friedrich · Two Men Contemplating the Moon
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
rising moon (or setting sun)
George Inness (American, 1825–1894) · Moonrise
Art Institute of Chicago
Full moon obscured by clouds
Carl Gustav Carus · Schloss Milkel in Moonlight
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
full moon
Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) · Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rising moon or setting sun
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925) · Water Carriers on the Nile
Art Institute of Chicago
setting moon or rising sun
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes · Sleep
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
full moon peeking through clouds
Aert van der Neer · The Farrier
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
large sun or moon
Edward Calvert · The Cyder Feast
Art Institute of Chicago
setting sun or moon
John Constable · Landscape with Cows
Art Institute of Chicago
Silver moon on the right screen
Hasegawa Soya · Willow Bridge and Waterwheel
Art Institute of Chicago
Dramatic clouds illuminated by moonlight
Robert Charles Dudley · Grappling for the Lost Cable
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
full moon
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 · No. 28: Nagakubo, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"
Art Institute of Chicago
Crescent moon
Antonio Maragliano (Italian, 1664–1741) · Virgin of the Immaculate Conception
Art Institute of Chicago
full moon in the night sky
Pierre-Jacques Volaire (French, 1729–1799) · The Eruption of Vesuvius
Art Institute of Chicago
golden full moon
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865–1931) · Ad Astra
Art Institute of Chicago
crescent moon
Vincent van Gogh · Cypresses
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sun or moon in the sky
Vincent van Gogh · Cypresses
Art Institute of Chicago
Full moon
Artist unknown · Nehan: Death of the Buddha
Art Institute of Chicago