Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen
Claude Monet
1872/1873
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 37.7 x 46 cm (14 13/16 x 18 1/8 in.) framed: 59.7 x 68 x 10.2 cm (23 1/2 x 26 3/4 x 4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.43
About the Artist
Claude Monet · 1840–1926
Claude Monet, born Oscar-Claude Monet on November 14, 1840, in Paris and raised in Le Havre, Normandy, began his artistic journey as a successful teenage caricaturist. His formal training started at the Le Havre secondary school of the arts in 1851, where he received his first drawing lessons from Jacques-François Ochard. Around 1858, he met Eugène Boudin, who became his pivotal mentor, introducin...