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Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies  1899

by Claude Monet

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 ...
Size: 
36 1/2 x 29 in. (92.7 x 73.7 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art