File:Monet, Lavacourt-Sunshine-and-Snow.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Oscar-Claude Monet
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	14 November 1840	6 December 1926
Location of birth/death	Paris	Giverny
Work location	Paris, Argenteuil, Vétheuil, Poissy, Giverny
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

English: Lavacourt under Snow

Français : Coucher de soleil sur la neige à Lavacourt

Date

circa 1878 - 1881

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

59.7 × 80.6 cm (23.5 × 31.7 in)

Current location

Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

	Native name	Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
	Location	Dublin
	Coordinates	53° 21′ 15.16″ N, 6° 15′ 52.93″ W
	Established	1908
	Website	www.hughlane.ie

Accession number

3262

Object history

Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917, National Gallery London.

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right: Claude Monet 1881

Notes

Lavacourt is a hamlet on the other side of the Seine from Vétheuil, where Monet had settled in 1878. Although dated 1881, this work was probably painted slightly earlier. The artist often signed his works long after completion, adding dates which were sometimes inaccurate.

References

Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

Source/Photographer

National Gallery ( NG3262), London

Licensing

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923.

This work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less.

File usage

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Claude Monet

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