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We look across a river at a bridge that spans the center of this horizontal landscape, which is painted entirely with broad, visible brushstrokes in pastel colors. The straight deck of the bridge crosses the center of the composition but angles slightly away from us as it moves to our right. The four low arches of the bridge are painted with cotton candy pink and pale apricot. The sky above is painted loosely with light aquamarine blue and watery turquoise. A few vertical strokes of paint over the bridge suggests buildings along the riverbank beyond. The bridge is reflected in the water…
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Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset

Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926)

1904

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 65.5 × 92.7 cm (25 13/16 × 36 1/2 in.) ; framed: 84.46 × 111.13 × 8.89 cm (33 1/4 × 43 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
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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