Boulevard des Capucines ☳ Monet ☵ Art Print gilded age It is considered a memento

It is considered a memento mori

pedestrians on a cobblestone street illuminated by a nearby shop

and a major example of pointillism

and an obscured lighted sign viewable outside the window

It is a full-length double portrait depicting the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini

Boulevard des Capucines ☳ Monet ☵ Art Print gilded age It is considered a mementoBoulevard des Capucines (1873) by Claude Monet depicts the view of the famous Paris boulevard as seen from the very rooms that would be used for the first Impressionist exhibition. With very little detail, Monet depicts the Parisian boulevard lined with trees and alive with movement, with dozens of pedestrians, horse drawn carriages, and a vendor holding a bunch of pink balloons.