Before elevators, this view was cheap. Monet painted it from the fifth floor flat of his friend Victor Chocquet, a minor government clerk who fell hard for Impressionism. Rue de Rivoli. Hard climb every day, lower ceilings, smaller balcony, cheaper rent, and the best view in Paris over the Tuileries.
For Monet, the hardest part was probably getting the canvas and the easel up there.
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