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From low on a hillside, we look up at a light-skinned woman and boy standing in tall grass against a sunny blue sky in this vertical painting. The woman stands at the center of the composition, and the moss-green parasol she holds over her head almost brushes the top edge of the canvas. Her body faces our left but she turns her head to look at us. Her long dress is painted largely with strokes of pale blue and gray with a few touches of yellow. Her voluminous skirts swirl around her legs to our left. She holds the parasol with both hands, and her brown hair is covered with a hat. Long…

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Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son

Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926)

1875

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 100 x 81 cm (39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.) ; framed: 119.4 x 99.7 cm (47 x 39 1/4 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: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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