Red Boats at Argenteuil by Claude Monet Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle 475 Pieces from Nautilus Puzzles 16in x 13.5in Pre-owned

This is a preowned jigsaw puzzle I put together 2 times. All the pieces are intact. It is a really fun puzzle, perfect for cold winter quilting puzzle lovers! Retail price new: $124.95. This wooden jigsaw puzzle version of Red Boats was painted around 1875, and perfectly captures the warmth of the summer day, with fishing boats bobbing on the Seine, puffy little white clouds in the sky, and the wealthy promenading along the shore. Although less than 10 miles northwest of  Paris, Argenteuil was completely removed from the hustle and bustle of city life, and although starting to industrialize it was at this point still quite quaint and picturesque.Claude Monet lived in Argenteuil for over four years during the early 1870s, after returning from London, and it became one of his favorite subjects for a while. He created several versions of this idyllic scene which were sometimes at odds with reality. In actuality, the river was getting somewhat polluted, as the stresses of industrial Paris