Boating (Manet)
| Boating | |
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| Year | 1874 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 97.2 cm × 130.2 cm (38.3 in × 51.3 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Accession | 29.100.115 |
Boating is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Édouard Manet. in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The painting depicts a point in the summer in Argenteuil (which was across the River Seine). It shows a man and woman on an outdoor excursion. The man in the painting is often thought to be Rodolphe Leenhoff, the Manet's brother-in-law. The identity of the woman is still not clear, however artists have their suspicions.[1]
Boating was showen in the Salon of 1879, and it has been described as "quintessentially Monet Esque".[2] The painting is currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in Gallery 818.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ^ Gedo, Mary Mathews (2010). Monet and his muse: Camille Monet in the artist's life. Chicago (Ill.): University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-28480-4.
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