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Bateaux dans le port de Honfleur, esquisse de Claude Monet, 1917 – Musée Marmottan Monet 5022, Wildenstein 1846

Boats in the port of Honfleur, Marmottan W1846 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · 1917 · Marmottan Monet Museum 5022 · W1846

Boats in the port of Honfleur, Marmottan W1846hand painted reproduction

White sails block the foreground while the port houses pile up into a compact strip under an almost empty sky. Monet returns here to Honfleur well after his first Norman campaigns, but he treats the motif as a late sketch: the facades, the masts and the bell tower are indicated by rapid gestures, with numerous clear reserves which allow the canvas to breathe.

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Boats in the port of Honfleur, Marmottan W1846 - Claude Monet - full view
Boats in the port of Honfleur, Marmottan W1846Claude Monet · 1917
1917Dating
50 × 61 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
inv. 5022 · Wildenstein 1846Inventory
A real paintingThe canvas is painted, never printed.
Created for youEach copy is made to order.
Controlled in photoYou see the finished painting before it leaves.
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The sails cut through the pool while the houses dissolve in pearl gray light

The city occupies a narrow strip in the middle of the composition. The red and blue roofs are laid in fragments, while the white, gray and ocher facades merge in places with the sky. The dark bell tower placed on the right gives the only true continuous vertical accent and prevents the whole thing from dispersing.

The boats are distributed deep by their sails. The large sail on the right edge cuts almost the entire height of the basin; two smaller shapes are placed in the center, then a dark hull advances from the left. In the water, Monet superimposes blue, green, creamy yellow and mauve in short lines. The reflections do not repeat the sails: they indicate the lapping and the light between the hulls.

The port remains recognizable with very little design: a few roofs, a bell tower, masts and the succession of sails are enough to build the entire depth.

Composition, touch and light

What Monet builds behind the impression of snapshot

Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.

Analysis of Boats in the port of Honfleur, Marmottan W1846 - Claude Monet
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Clear reservations that are part of the work

The sky and several facades retain passages with very little cover. Filling them evenly would lose the sketching character and increase the light in the port.

02

A bell tower as a point of balance

Its purple spire stands in the right third and responds to thinner masts. Its inclination and height must remain fair to stabilize all the buildings.

03

White sails made of several colors

Blue gray, beige, pink and purple shape each sail. A uniform white would remove the volume and difference between the large sail in the foreground and those in the pool.

Details and visual documents

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The additional images show the difficult-to-read passages in the full view and, where it exists, the actual appearance of the work at the museum.

The sails, facades and bell tower - detail of Boats in the port of Honfleur, Marmottan W1846 - Claude Monet
The sails, the facades and the bell towerThe cropping brings together the main landmarks of the port. The edges of the sails remain open and the houses are built with vertical touches of red, blue and gray rather than architectural outlines.
Boats and lapping of the basin - detail of Boats in the port of Honfleur, Marmottan W1846 - Claude Monet
The boats and the lapping of the poolThe large sail on the right stands out against darker water. The turquoise, cream and purple lines change direction around the hulls and give the pelvis a slight agitation.

The best available view measures 799 × 644 px. The two details of 390 × 430 px are taken directly from this file, without artificial enlargement. All three media are true verified WebPs.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

These facts concern this precise version and are verified from the notice of the institution which keeps it.

Identification01

Marmottan 5022, Wildenstein 1846

The Marmottan Monet Museum keeps this oil on canvas from 1917 under number 5022. It measures 50 × 61 cm and corresponds to number 1846 of the Wildenstein catalog raisonné.

A mintmark02

Claude Monet stamp at the bottom left

The notice specifies that the work bears the stamp of the workshop at the bottom left. This stamp, visible on a clear area of the water, is distinguished from a handwritten signature executed during the painting session.

Entrance to the museum03

Michel Monet legacy from 1966

The painting entered the Marmottan Monet Museum through the bequest of Michel Monet in 1966. With its frame, it measures 68.5 × 78.5 cm and has a depth of 5 cm.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.

  • The exact sketch of the Marmottan Monet Museum, inv. 5022 and W1846
  • The original horizontal format of 50 × 61 cm
  • The clear reserves maintained in the sky and the facades
  • The diversity of grays, pinks and blues inside the sails

Work sheet

Title Boats in the port of Honfleur, Marmottan W1846
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date 1917
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 50 × 61 cm
Orientation Horizontal
Conservation Marmottan Monet Museum, Paris, France
Inventory inv. 5022 · Wildenstein 1846
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the official notice - Marmottan Monet Museum

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Pearl gray, Prussian blue, off-white, brick red and sea green make up a clear and structured reproduction. It is suitable for a bright entrance, office or living room, with a simple patinated wooden frame or a midnight blue American crate.

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