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Which Thomas Eakins painting did the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquire in 1916?
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Thomas Eakins
Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic), oil on canvas by Thomas Eakins, 1875; part of the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Art Museum. 2 Ć 2.5 m.
In 1916, the year of his death, the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the painting Pushing for Rail (1874) by the American artist Thomas Eakins. This acquisition marked the first time one of his paintings was purchased by a museum.1