

3610
15
by
Claude Monet
Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies
1899
In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a pond near his property in Giverny, intending to build something "for the pleasure of the eye and also for motifs to paint." The result was his water-lily garden. In 1899, he began a series of eighteen views of the wooden footbridge over the pond, completing twelve paintings, including the present one, that summer. The vertical format of the picture, unusual in this series, gives prominence to the water lilies and their reflections on the pond. (Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Notes from the contributor:
Signed and dated (lower right): Claude Monet / 99
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Notes from the contributor:
Signed and dated (lower right): Claude Monet / 99
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
- Size:
- 36 1/2 x 29 in. (92.7 x 73.7 cm)
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- License:
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- For more:
- http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437127
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