Woman Seated on a Bench  1874

The sitter, who was once thought to be Monet's first wife Camille, whom he married in 1870, was in fact a professional model who also posed for other artists, including [url=http://useum.org/artist/Edgar-Degas]Degas[/url]. This work was probably painted in the summer at Argenteuil. The very free handling of the paint may reflect the influence of [link=http://useum.org/arti...