In common with his precursors Jean-François Millet and Gustave Courbet, as well his contemporary Degas, Caillebotte aimed to paint reality as it existed and as he saw it, hoping to reduce the inherent theatricality of painting.
Como fixeran os seus predecesores Jean-Francois Millet e Gustave Courbet, xunto ao seu contemporáneo Degas, Caillebotte propúxose pintar a realidade tal e como el a vía, co fin de reducir a teatralidade inherente da pintura.