The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau Forest

Le Chêne de Bodmer, la route de Chailly

The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau Forest

Claude Monet · 1865

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

About this painting

Named for Swiss painter Karl Bodmer, who had exhibited a picture of the same tree at the 1850 Salon, this canvas was painted as Monet wrapped up a months-long stay in Fontainebleau in October 1865.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

96.2 × 129.2 cm (37.9 × 50.9 in)

Painted at

Fontainebleau, France

Current location

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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