Why does this painting make some people cry? Claude Monet's 'Water-Lilies' | National Gallery

Dr Ayla Lepine, the former Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion, meditates on the theme of peace in Monet's 'Water-Lilies'.

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