Why it matters
Monet's large picnic scene, inspired by Manet's painting of the same name, survives only in fragments. He offered the canvas to his landlord in place of rent and later had to cut it up because of damp damage.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1865–1866.
- Two fragments are in the Musée d'Orsay.
- A smaller version is in the Pushkin Museum.
Based on the Wikipedia article Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Monet, Paris) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
