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Maisons sur l'Achterzaan

Houses on the Achterzaan

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

About this painting

On painter Charles-François Daubigny's advice, Monet detoured to the Dutch town of Zaandam in 1871, drawn by its flat, watery light — capturing this riverside scene in a narrow palette of shifting greens.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

45.7 × 67 cm (18 × 26.4 in)

Painted at

Zaandam, Netherlands

Current location

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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