The Red Cape, also sometimes known as Madame Monet or The Red Kerchief,[2] is an oil-on-canvas snowscape by French impressionist Claude Monet. The painting depicts Claude Monet's wife, Camille, passing outside of a window dressed in a red cape.[3]
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Artist | Claude Monet |
Year | Unknown. Possibly 1869-1870 or 1871.[1] |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 100 cm × 80 cm (39 in × 31 in) |
Location | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland |
Monet painted the painting while living in Argenteuil.[2] The solitary setting at his home there allowed him to paint in relative peace, as well as spend time with his family.[2] It is Monet's only known snowscape painting that features Camille Monet,[1] and is exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.