abstract:The district of Argenteuil was a pre-Confederation electoral district in Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1853, under the Union regime of 1841.
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.