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The Path through the Irises  1917

by Claude Monet

Irises, among Monet's favorite flowers, lined the pathways leading up to the house and Japanese bridge on the artist's property at Giverny. This bird's-eye view of a garden path belongs to a series of monumental works painted during the First World War that capture the vital essence of these flowers with intensity and breadth of vision. Late in life, as his eyesight falter...
Size: 
78 7/8 x 70 7/8 in. (200.3 x 180 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art