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Camille sur son lit de mort
Camille Monet on her deathbed
Claude Monet · 1879
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
About this painting
Monet painted his wife Camille within hours of her death in September 1879, working in a disciplined palette of blues, greys and lilac. He later confessed, with anguish, to catching himself studying the shifting colors of her face even as he grieved.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
90 × 68 cm (35.4 × 26.8 in)
Painted at
Vétheuil, France
Current location
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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