It seems that this small portrait shows us the moment when the artist unexpectedly went to his friend Monet’s house in Argent and found Madame Monet lying on the sofa reading a newspaper.
Not bothering to take a more strict stance, Madame Monet looks at the artist with her beautiful dark eyes. The picture looks very natural and not staged.
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