Why it matters
Camille Monet stands on a hill on a windy summer's day, her veil and white dress blown by the wind, while their son Jean stands further away. Painted outdoors in a few hours, it is a family snapshot rather than a formal portrait.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1875 in Argenteuil.
- It was Monet's largest work of the 1870s.
- It was shown at the Second Impressionist Exhibition in 1876.
- It inspired John Singer Sargent's Two Girls with Parasols at Fladbury.
Based on the Wikipedia article Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son (CC BY-SA 4.0).
