| Claude Monet, "Water-Lily Pond, Symphony in Green," 1899, oil on canvas, 35 ¼ x 36 ½ in. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris) |
| Claude Monet, "The Water-Lily Pond," 1899, oil on canvas, 34 3/4 x 36 5/8 in. (The National Gallery, London) |
| Claude Monet, "Japanese Footbridge, Giverny," 1895, oil on canvas, 31 x 38 ½ in. (Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of F. Otto Haas, and partial gift of the reserved life interest of Carole Haas Gravagno, 1993, inv. 1993-151-2) |
| Lilla Cabot Perry, "Bridge in Giverny, France," between 1899 and 1909, Photograph, 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Courtesy Lilla Cabot Perry photographs, ca. 1889–1909) |
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| Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies |
Artist:Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny)
Date:1899
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:36 1/2 x 29 in. (92.7 x 73.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number:29.100.113
In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a pond near his property in Giverny, intending to build something "for the pleasure of the eye and also for motifs to paint." The result was his water-lily garden. In 1899, he began a series of eighteen views of the wooden footbridge over the pond, completing twelve paintings, including the present one, that summer. The vertical format of the picture, unusual in this series, gives prominence to the water lilies and their reflections on the pond.
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