Dr. Leclenché

Claude Monet

1864 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

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.

Artist

Claude Monet

Date

1864

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Vogel, 1951