Musée d’Orsay · 1873
The Luncheon
Claude Monet
Monet paints a quiet family meal in his own garden, including his own son's abandoned toys and hat on the table, treating his private domestic life as worthy of the same careful eye as his landscapes.
Why it matters
Monet paints a quiet family meal in his own garden, including his own son's abandoned toys and hat on the table, treating his private domestic life as worthy of the same careful eye as his landscapes.
Look closer
Find the small straw hat and toys left on the table in the foreground — Monet includes them as carefully as the fruit and dishes, small traces of a child who has just run off.
A rare, intimate interior scene from an artist far better known for painting outdoors, showing his home life at Argenteuil at its most peaceful.
Value context
ELYIO places this work in an indicative editorial context of €10–25 million.
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