Claude Monet - Dr. Leclenche 1864
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Dr. Leclenche 1864
45x32cm oil/canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA:
Monet’s son Michel identified the sitter for this small, informal portrait as the artist’s physician, Dr. Leclenché. Made in 1864, when Monet was still developing his skills as a figure painter, the likeness is nonetheless full of expressive details, from the doctor’s jauntily crossed legs to the cigar he holds nonchalantly in his left hand. His slightly exaggerated gestures may owe a debt to Monet’s youthful stint as a caricaturist.