It was painted in Argenteuil, where Monet lived between 1871 and 1878, depicts the artist's wife, Camille, reclined and reading amongst blooming flowers in an open meadow.
By the late-1880s, Caillebotte's output had dwindled as he refocused his energies on his extensive gardens at Petit Gennevilliers, on the edge of the Seine near Argenteuil, as well as yacht racing.