1888
oil
canvas
From the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
Dominant colour
Young Man at His Window is a 1888 oil by Gustave Caillebotte, a Impressionism work, held at J. Paul Getty Museum.
The painting depicts a young man standing at a window, looking out onto a street. He is dressed in a dark suit and has his back to the viewer. The window is open, and the man's right arm rests on the windowsill. The street outside is lined with buildings, and a few people can be seen walking along the sidewalk. The sky above is a pale blue, and the overall atmosphere of the painting is one of quiet contemplation. This painting is a great example of Gustave Caillebotte's work, and you can learn more about him by exploring his other pieces.
Young Man at His Window (French: Jeune homme à sa fenêtre) is an 1876 painting by the French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). The oil on canvas painting measures 117 by 82 centimetres (46 in × 32 in). It is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
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The painting depicts the artist's brother, René Caillebotte, wearing informal clothes and standing at a balcony. He is standing at a window from the family home in the Rue de Miromesnil in Paris, looking outwards into Boulevard Malesherbes (the large, oblique cross-street in the background). It is a comparatively early work in Caillebotte's oeuvre and reveals his interest in urban Realism. In its theme of a figure seen from behind at an open window, the composition has precedents in German Romanticism, a notable example being Caspar David Friedrich's Woman at the Window (1822). Other examples…
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In 2021, Young Man at His Window (a National treasure of France) was sold by the estate of Edwin L. Cox at auction at Christie's New York to the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles for $53 million ($63 million in 2025) or €48.9 million (€55.9 million in 2023), marking the Getty's first Caillebotte work. This surpassed the 2019 record for a Caillebotte work of $22 million for Rising Road (1881) achieved at Christie's.
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Gustave Caillebotte (French: ; 19 August 1848 – 21 February 1894) was a French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists, although he painted in a more realistic manner than many others in the group.
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