1874
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony - "How Many Eggs?" is a 1874 by Winslow Homer, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a bird hunt in bright daylight. Birds scatter as two boys grab eggs from a nest. One boy holds up three speckled eggs. Homer painted this while living in a small Massachusetts town. He often showed kids in nature, but this scene feels tense. The boys aren’t just curious—they’re hunting. Look for Homer’s later work at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects.
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