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Jean Monet (1867–1914) on His Horse Tricycle

1872
Not on view

Monet painted this picture of his elder son, Jean, in the summer of 1872, not long after the artist and his family returned to France from self-imposed exile during the Franco-Prussian War. Thanks to the efforts of the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, the painter’s finances had begun to improve, enabling the once-impoverished Monets to rent a house in Argenteuil, an agreeable suburb northwest of Paris. For this portrait, Monet posed the five-year-old Jean in the garden of their new home. Monet never exhibited the painting but kept it throughout his life.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jean Monet (1867–1914) on His Horse Tricycle
  • Artist: Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny)
  • Date: 1872
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 23 7/8 x 29 1/4 in. (60.6 x 74.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Sara Lee Corporation, 2000
  • Object Number: 2000.195
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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