Maisons sur l'Achterzaan
Houses on the Achterzaan
Claude Monet · 1871
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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