Green Park, London by Monet Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 2012

Green Park, London

Claude Monet, French, 1840 - 1926


Geography: Made in London, England, Europe

Date: 1870 or 1871

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 28 9/16 inches (34.3 x 72.5 cm) Framed: 19 7/8 x 34 15/16 x 3 5/8 inches (50.5 x 88.7 x 9.2 cm)

Curatorial Department: European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Object Location: Gallery 153, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Lassin Gallery)

Accession Number: W1921-1-7

Credit Line: Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1921

Label: In the autumn of 1870, in the midst of the Franco-Prussian War, Monet and his wife left France for exile in London, where they remained until June 1871. There the artist painted this panorama of a park in the heart of the city. In later years Monet would return to London, painting numerous views of city sights, including the Houses of Parliament.

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