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The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil

In July and August 1874 Manet vacationed at his family’s house in Gennevilliers, just across the Seine from Monet at Argenteuil. The two painters saw each other often that summer, and on a number of occasions they were joined by Renoir. While Manet was painting this picture of Monet with his wife Camille and their son Jean, Monet painted Manet at his easel (location unknown). Renoir, who arrived just as Manet was beginning to work, borrowed paint, brushes, and canvas, positioned himself next to Manet, and painted Madame Monet and Her Son (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).

Credit: Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975...

1874
Oil on canvas
61.0 x 99.7cm
1976.201.14
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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