Garden at Sainte-Adresse

What you are looking at

A sunny terrace full of red flowers on the coast of Normandy, with two flags snapping in the wind, people relaxing in the foreground and sailboats and steamships out at sea.

Why it is famous

Monet painted it in 1867 at the seaside resort near Le Havre, before Impressionism had a name. The flat bands of terrace, sea and sky show his interest in Japanese prints.

How big is Garden at Sainte-Adresse?

Garden at Sainte-Adresse measures 98.1 × 129.9 cm (38.6 × 51.1 in), without its frame. Its surface is about 3 times the area of the Mona Lisa.

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Where to see it

It is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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More by Claude Monet

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Also at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The HarvestersPieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565 New YorkThe MusiciansCaravaggio, 1597 New YorkView of ToledoEl Greco, c. 1599 to 1600 New YorkJuan de ParejaDiego Velázquez, 1650 New YorkAristotle with a Bust of HomerRembrandt, 1653 New YorkYoung Woman with a Water PitcherJohannes Vermeer, c. 1662 New York

Sources: The Met, "Garden at Sainte-Adresse" (67.241); Wikidata Q432253; Wikipedia, "Garden at Sainte-Adresse". Checked October 17, 2026. How we check.