Clothing & Accessories The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Monet Water Lilies Tote

Our Canvas Tote Features A Beloved Met Masterpiece By Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). In 1893, The Painter And Passionate Horticulturist Purchased A Plot Of Land With A Pond Near His Home In Giverny. With The Intention Of Transforming The Acquisition Into Something “For The Pleasure Of The Eye And Also For Motifs To Paint,” He Built His Famous Water-Lily Garden, Which He Subsequently Immortalized Across A Series Of 18 Views—12 Of Which He Completed In The Summer Of 1899—Including Bridge Over A Pond Of Water Lilies (1899).