May Night (Willard Metcalf painting)

May Night
ArtistWillard Metcalf
Year1906
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions99.5 cm x 91.8 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

May Night is a 1906 oil painting by American Impressionist Willard Metcalf. It is a nocturne depicting the home of Florence Griswold, now the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut. It was the first contemporary painting purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and is Metcalf's "most celebrated work."[1]

  1. ^ Gerdts, et al, 62