Why it matters
Caillebotte's brother René stands at a window of the family home, looking out over the Boulevard Malesherbes. Unlike German Romantic window scenes, the figure gazes at a modern city rather than at nature.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1876.
- It is in the J. Paul Getty Museum.
- Caspar David Friedrich's Woman at the Window is a notable precedent.
Based on the Wikipedia article Young Man at His Window (CC BY-SA 4.0).
