A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center of a garden dominated by towering yellow and burnt-orange sunflowers in this loosely painted, vertical scene. The light comes from our right so long, sea-green and plum-purple shadows cross the peach-colored path. The path is wide at the bottom center of the canvas and narrows as it reaches the steps of a house, beyond the garden. Close to us, four blue and white porcelain urns line the path, separating it from the grassy banks to either side. The urns are filled with tall stems with coral-pink and cardinal-red…
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The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil

Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926)

1881

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 151.5 x 121 cm (59 5/8 x 47 5/8 in.) ; framed: 177.8 x 147.3 x 9.5 cm (70 x 58 x 3 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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