Why it matters
Manet painted his friend Claude Monet at work with his wife in his studio-boat, from which Monet observed the light on the Seine. It was made during a summer Manet spent with Monet.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1874.
- Monet had bought the old boat around 1871 or 1872.
- It is in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.
Based on the Wikipedia article Claude Monet Painting in his Studio (CC BY-SA 4.0).
