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The Japanese Footbridge

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Oil on canvas (1899) by Claude Monet, depicting the arched wooden bridge over the water lily pond at his Giverny garden. One of the earliest and clearest in the water garden series. Held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Scholarly Significance

Representative of Monet's Water Garden series; the bridge painting that crystallized his water garden as a subject.

Notes

·Monet constructed the Japanese-style bridge and water garden at Giverny from 1893 onward, drawing inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints.
·The 1899–1900 series comprised 18 canvases; the NGA version is one of 12 that include both bridge and lily pond.
·The decorative arch structure contrasts with the naturalistic reflections in the water below.
·Gift of Victoria Nebeker Coberly in memory of her son John W. Mudd.