Claude Monet
Charing Cross Bridge, Reflections on the Thames
1898-1903
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 34 1/4 × 48 × 3 5/8 in. (87 × 121.9 × 9.2 cm.)
Unframed: 25 5/8 × 39 1/2 in. (65.1 × 100.3 cm.)
Credit Line
The Helen and Abram Eisenberg Collection
Object Number
1945.94
Claude Monet produced about 35 paintings of Charing Cross Bridge in London. Here, he shows the River Thames on a sunny morning when the sky’s relative clarity allows for the depiction of Westminster Bridge, and even the suspension bridge at Lambeth. Sunlight and its reflection on the Thames, created with yellows, blues, and greens, dominate the composition; the bright palette distinguishes this painting from Monet’s other views of the same motif.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1945; Helen (Mrs. Abram) Eisenberg, Baltimore, 1933; possibly Abram Eisenberg, Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin," November-December, 1951, catalogue no. 120, illustrated p. 10.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Man and His Years," Oct. 19-Nov. 21, 1954, catalogue no. 103.
The Arts Council of Great Britain, "The Works of Monet," Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy, Aug. 17-Sept. 15, 1957; London, The Tate Gallery, Sept. 26-Nov. 3, 1957.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, "Claude Monet, Seasons and Moments," March 7-May 15, 1960, catalogue no. 77, illustrated, circulation to L.A. County Museum, June 14-August 7, 1960.
Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagenwerk Stadthalle, "French Painting from Delacroix to Picasso," April 8-May 31, 1961, catalogue no. 107.
Musée de Bordeaux, "French Paintings in American Collections," May-September 1966.
Columbia University, Department of Art History and Archaeology, "Whistler and His Contemporaries," New York, Wildenstein Galleries,Inc., March 4-April 3, 1971; Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 15-May 23, 1971.
Washington Co. Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, "40th Anniversary Exhibition," September 1-30, 1971.
The Arts Council of Great Britain, "The Impressionists in London," Hayward Gallery, London, Jan. 3-March 11, 1973, catalogue no. 6, illus. p. 40.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, "Claude Monet," Oct. 27-Nov. 28, 1976, catalogue no. 58, illustrated in color. (Exhibition for the benefit of the New York Hospital.)
High Museum, Atlanta, Ga., "Monet in London," Oct. 9, 1988-Jan. 8. 1989.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Impressionism to Modernism: Monet to Matisse from the Museum's Collection," October 13, 1991-January 19, 1992.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Monet in the 20th Century," Sept. 20-Dec. 27, 1998; Royal Academy, London, Jan.21-May 18, 1999.
The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Museum, "The Triumph of French Painting, Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," March 12 - July 16, 2000, no. 35, pp. 108-109, ill.; circulated to The Philbrook Museum of Art; The Norton Museum of Art, Dayton, OH; Art Institute, The Royal Academy of Arts, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, through 1/6/2002.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005.
Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, "Monet's London: Artists' Reflections on the Thames (1859-1914)" January 16 - April 17, 2005; Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 29 - September 4, 2005; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2, 2005 - January 31, 2006.
National Gallery, London, "Monet and Architecture", March 5, 2018 - July 15, 2018.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Expressions of Nature," March 10 - September 22, 2019.
Denver Art Museum, "Monet and His Places", October 20, 2019 - February 2, 2020, circulated to Museum Barberini, February 29, 2020 - July 19, 2020.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Man and His Years," Oct. 19-Nov. 21, 1954, catalogue no. 103.
The Arts Council of Great Britain, "The Works of Monet," Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy, Aug. 17-Sept. 15, 1957; London, The Tate Gallery, Sept. 26-Nov. 3, 1957.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, "Claude Monet, Seasons and Moments," March 7-May 15, 1960, catalogue no. 77, illustrated, circulation to L.A. County Museum, June 14-August 7, 1960.
Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagenwerk Stadthalle, "French Painting from Delacroix to Picasso," April 8-May 31, 1961, catalogue no. 107.
Musée de Bordeaux, "French Paintings in American Collections," May-September 1966.
Columbia University, Department of Art History and Archaeology, "Whistler and His Contemporaries," New York, Wildenstein Galleries,Inc., March 4-April 3, 1971; Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 15-May 23, 1971.
Washington Co. Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, "40th Anniversary Exhibition," September 1-30, 1971.
The Arts Council of Great Britain, "The Impressionists in London," Hayward Gallery, London, Jan. 3-March 11, 1973, catalogue no. 6, illus. p. 40.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, "Claude Monet," Oct. 27-Nov. 28, 1976, catalogue no. 58, illustrated in color. (Exhibition for the benefit of the New York Hospital.)
High Museum, Atlanta, Ga., "Monet in London," Oct. 9, 1988-Jan. 8. 1989.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Impressionism to Modernism: Monet to Matisse from the Museum's Collection," October 13, 1991-January 19, 1992.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Monet in the 20th Century," Sept. 20-Dec. 27, 1998; Royal Academy, London, Jan.21-May 18, 1999.
The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Museum, "The Triumph of French Painting, Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," March 12 - July 16, 2000, no. 35, pp. 108-109, ill.; circulated to The Philbrook Museum of Art; The Norton Museum of Art, Dayton, OH; Art Institute, The Royal Academy of Arts, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, through 1/6/2002.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005.
Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, "Monet's London: Artists' Reflections on the Thames (1859-1914)" January 16 - April 17, 2005; Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 29 - September 4, 2005; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2, 2005 - January 31, 2006.
National Gallery, London, "Monet and Architecture", March 5, 2018 - July 15, 2018.
Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Expressions of Nature," March 10 - September 22, 2019.
Denver Art Museum, "Monet and His Places", October 20, 2019 - February 2, 2020, circulated to Museum Barberini, February 29, 2020 - July 19, 2020.
G.R., "BMA News," Oct. 1947, p. 1-3, repro. on cover
Rosenthal, Gertrude. Themes and Variations in Painting and Sculpture: [Exhibition] April Fifteenth to May Twenty-Third, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Eight. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1948, cat. no. 112, page 44.
"A Picture Book," BMA, 1955, illus. on p. 56.
Museum of Modern Art, "Claude Monet: Seasons & Moments," Los Angeles Co. Museum, Cat. No. 77, p. 62 repr. p. 36.
"New York Times," March 13, 1960, p. X13, repro. X13.
Art Association of Indianapolis Annual Report 1965, "Monet's Views of the Thames," p. 45, repr. fig. 1.
K. R. Greenfield, "The Museum: It's First Half Century," Annual I, BMA, 1966, repr. p. 101.
Department of the Art History and Archaeology of Columbia University, NY, in cooperation with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971, repro. in black and white p. 29 (illustrations).
Washington Co. Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, "40th Anniversary Exhibition," illus. black and white, 1971.
Arts Council of Great Britain, "Impressionists in London," Hayward Gallery, ill. black and white, #6, p. 40, 1973.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., "Claude Monet," (exhibition catalogue), 1976, ill. in color, full page, 1976.
Grace Seiberling, "Monet in London," High Museum of Art, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1988. Catalogue #4, Figure 31.
Richard Kendall, ed., "Monet by Himself," Macdonald Orbis, London, 1989, ill. 227.
Daniel Wildenstein, "Claude Monet Biographie et catalogue raisonné," Tome IV: 1899-1926, Lausanne-Paris: La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1985, #1532, p. 162, ill. p. 163.
Spectrum, August 1990, ill. p. 11.
Odyssey; Johns Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies, Spring/Summer 1994 Liberal Arts Programs for Adults. ill.
Daniel Wildenstein, "Monet Catalog Raisonné Vol. III," Koln: Benedikt Taschen Verlag 1996, no. 1532, p. 660-661, ill. p. 661.
BMA Today, Winter 2005-2006, ill. cover.
Kimberly Meisten, "BSO Explorer Series," Newsletter of the Print, Drawing & Photograph Society (Spring 2006), ill. p. 13.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Annual Report, 2006, no. 6, ill.
'60 Objects Countless Stories,' "BMA Today," Winter 2008-2009, pp. 6-7, ill. p. 6.
BMA Today, Spring 2009, p. 14, ill.
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Fonsmark, Anne-Birgitte. Monet: Beyond Impressionism. Copenhagen: Ordrupgaard, 2016.
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Daneo, Angelica, Christoph Heinrich, Michael Philipp, and Ortrud Westheider, eds. Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature. Denver: Denver Art Museum, 2019.
Inscribed: Recto: Bottom right in dark paint, Claude Monet
On View at the BMA
