From 1873, Renoir often visits the Monets in Argenteuil. In the summer of 1873 he paints Monet's and Camille's portraits.
Pierre Auguste Renoir Claude Monet reading 1873 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris Gift of Michel Monet, 1966 (inv. 5013) © Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, © Bridgeman-Giraudon / Presse