La Japonaise
Madame Monet wearing a kimono
Claude Monet · 1876
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
About this painting
Monet dressed his wife Camille in a blonde wig and a padded actor's kimono from a Kabuki performance, turning a private portrait into a theatrical spectacle of the Paris craze for Japonisme.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
231.8 × 142.3 cm (91.3 × 56 in)
Painted at
Argenteuil, France
Current location
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston
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