The millstones punctuate the depth
They do not yet form a frontal series as in the 1890s. Their spaced arrangement connects the large foreground to the edge of the woods and gives a concrete scale to the meadow.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · Giverny · 1885 · W995
In a meadow lined with trees, several small pink and ocher millstones emerge from a ground covered with greens, blues and yellows. The dark row of poplars closes the bottom on the left, while a high mass of trees lets light filter to the right. Signed "Claude Monet 85", this oil on canvas measuring 74 × 93.5 cm is kept at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston under number 42.541. It corresponds to Wildenstein 995.

Look at the work
The meadow opens from the lower edge in horizontal and oblique touches. A large millstone partially enters from the left, then three smaller shapes move away towards the edge. Their reduction gives depth, but their pink and orange hue keeps them visible among the cooled greens.
The bottom is not a uniform wall. On the left, the trees are almost black and tight; in the center, their trunks let purple pass through; on the right, yellow light passes through the branches and falls on the grass. The sky, reduced to a thin area at the top, focuses attention on the colorful variations of the terrain.
The MFA notes that the canvas is dominated by blues, greens and purples, but that thin yellow streaks reveal the sun filtering through the trees on the right.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
They do not yet form a frontal series as in the 1890s. Their spaced arrangement connects the large foreground to the edge of the woods and gives a concrete scale to the meadow.
The trunks on the left blend into a dark band; those on the right stand out in the light. This progression avoids a flat fence and creates a light passage out of field.
Emerald green, turquoise, purple, pink and yellow intersect in the grass. The touches do not describe each strand: they reflect the gray areas, the reflections of the sky and the clearings.
Reference image
The single image exactly represents inventory 42,541. The available file measures 1,600 × 1,263 px; this native definition is kept without interpolation then encoded in real WebP.
Their role is to punctuate the meadow, not to dominate the view. Excessive enlargement would bring this painting closer to late series and modify its landscape character.
Warm lines that cross trees are essential for contrast with blues and purples. They must remain fine and localized, like filtered thinning.
The soil must maintain varied interruptions and directions. Too smooth mixing would cause the circulation of light through the grass to disappear.
Documented benchmarks
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston documents Meadow with Haystacks near Giverny, oil on canvas from 1885, 74 × 93.5 cm, inventory 42,541 and catalog Wildenstein 995.
The dated signature is in the light area of the meadow. Its warm color is linked to the millstones and confirms the year 1885 recorded by the museum.
The merchant acquired the painting directly from the artist. Lilla Cabot Perry then purchased it for her brother Arthur Tracy Cabot, to whom it belonged no later than 1899.
The work entered the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston that year and received the number 42.541. It remains associated with the artistic history of the Cabot Perry family.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Grinding mill near Giverny W995 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1885 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 74 × 93.5 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States |
| Inventory | 42,541 · Wildenstein 995 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
The horizontal format is suitable above a sofa, sideboard or in an office. A gray green, muted blue or ivory wall and a natural oak frame highlight the accord of the meadow without weighing down the edge.
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