Boulevard des Capucines

Boulevard des Capucines

Claude Monet · 1874

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Kansas City, United States

About this painting

Monet painted this bustling street from Nadar's studio balcony in early 1874, its blurred figures prompting critic Louis Leroy to mock them as mere "black tongue-lickings."

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

80.3 × 60.3 cm (31.6 × 23.7 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

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