In this small private portrait, it would seem that the painter surprised Madame Monet at home in Argenteuil, lying on a sofa reading the newspaper, Le Figaro.. Without troubling to adopt any more formal pose, she is gazing calmly at the artist with her fine, dark eyes. This was a natural, unstudied scene, precisely observed.
Madame Monet Reading "Le Figaro"
oil on canvas • 54 x 72 cm
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir