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Camille Monet on a Garden Bench  1873

by Claude Monet

Monet’s wife, Camille Doncieux, is as easily identifiable here as the mounds of geraniums in the garden of the couple’s house at Argenteuil. The same is true of her smart ensemble: the velvet and damask outfit closely resembles the look for spring 1873, as advertised in the March issue of the fashion periodical La Mode Illustré. Less clear is the nature of this enigmatic s...
Size: 
23 7/8 x 31 5/8 in. (60.6 x 80.3 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art