Key Details

• Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
• Year: 1873
• Medium: Oil on canvas

Characteristics

The painting features a girl dressed in a fashionable outfit, including a striped dress, layers of petticoats, a bustle, and side-button boots, which places her in the contemporary setting of the 1870s. The dog is depicted alongside her. The work is characterized by loose brushwork, particularly evident in the depiction of the dog and the foliage against the sky. This suggests that Monet painted quickly and directly in front of his subject outdoors, a hallmark of Impressionist technique.

Location and Context

It is believed that Monet painted this work in Argenteuil, a small town outside Paris where he lived and worked for much of the 1870s. The painting was created a year before the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris and exhibits many of the characteristics that would become associated with the Impressionist movement.

Current Location

The painting is part of the collection at The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, where it is currently on view in Room 8, West Wall.