Amber hour
On view now
12 September 2026 to 18 January 2027
Poster: Simon Denis, Cloud study (early evening), ca. 1786–1806. The Met Open Access (CC0).
Sky studies and the late light of Lisbon, from Constable’s clouds to living painters.
Artists
Dates
12 September 2026 to 18 January 2027
Rooms
Rooms 1 to 3
In the show
Simon Denis
Cloud study (early evening), ca. 1786–1806, oil on paper, 22.5 × 25.7 cm
John Constable
Cloud study, 1830–35, watercolour over graphite, 12.7 × 15.2 cm
Joseph Wright of Derby
Cloud study, 1774–75, brush and wash over graphite, 23.4 × 17.1 cm
Sanford Robinson Gifford
Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, 1871, oil on canvas, 51.4 × 91.4 cm
John Frederick Kensett
Twilight on the Sound, Darien, Connecticut, 1872, oil on canvas, 29.2 × 62.2 cm
Harvey O. Young
Sunset, ca. 1870–80, oil on canvas, 50.8 × 76.2 cm
Coming up
Second sitting
24 January 2027 to 12 April 2027
Figurative work made after long pauses: new canvases from four painters who left the studio and returned.
Poster: detail from Aert van der Neer, Landscape at Sunset, 1650s. The Met Open Access (CC0).
Past
The archive of shows at The Meridian
Talks and openings
Talks, family mornings and late openings
Tickets
Prices, reductions and free entry are on the Visit page.