The Seine Estuary (L’Estuaire de la Seine)

Claude Monet

1864-1870

Pastel on brown wove paper affixed to buff paper, affixed to canvas

Denver Art Museum

A pastel landscape depicts a wide estuary under a dramatic, cloudy sky. Rolling hills and fields lead to a distant body of water, with a tall spire visible on the left. A pastel landscape depicts a wide estuary under a dramatic, cloudy sky. Rolling hills and fields lead to a distant body of water, with a tall spire visible on the left. Claude Monet, The Seine Estuary , 1864–70. Pastel on paper laid on canvas; 9 5/16 × 14 ¼ in. (23.6 × 36.2 cm). Denver Art Museum: The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection, 2019.591