Why it matters
Monet's cousin's wife Jeanne-Marguerite Lecadre stands in a garden beside a flowering rose bush, her white dress contrasting with the reds and greens. The work foreshadows Monet's lifelong passion for painting gardens.
Did you know?
- Monet began it in 1866, aged 26.
- It was painted outdoors in the garden of the Lecadres' country house in Sainte-Adresse.
- X-rays show it was painted over an earlier picture.
Based on the Wikipedia article Woman in the Garden (CC BY-SA 4.0).
