↗France, late 19th century-early 20th century · c. 1915–26
Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
Claude Monet
Colour palette
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Approximate colour proportions
Estimated from six colour groups in the museum image, including visible paper or borders. Reproduction and lighting affect the result; these are image-area proportions, not pigment measurements.
CC0 Paris Musées / Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris · Petit Palais, Paris Musées
Image licence: CC0 · Web image resized for display. · Museum record & image source ↗
France · 1857
Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine (Summer)
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Not listed in the source consulted
- Country / context
- France
- Movement / tradition
- Realism · Source ↗
- Collection
- Petit Palais, Paris Musées
- Pathway
- European and American art ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
Two reclining figures interrupt the conventional pastoral scene. Dress, gesture and densely painted vegetation make a useful comparison with later outdoor leisure subjects.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordA MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
