À propos de l’œuvre
Bras de Seine près de Giverny, soleil levant, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1897 · Marmottan Monet Museum D.11-1993 · W1478
Arm of the Seine, rising sun, Marmottan W1478hand painted reproduction
At first light, an arm of the Seine opens between two masses of trees still drowned in mist. The dark banks frame blue-green water which leads towards the clear sky, slightly warmed with pink and yellow. Monet paints this view from his workshop boat and makes the reflection a real passage towards the light of the rising sun.
Look at the work
Between two blue and green banks, the water leads towards a pink and yellow glow which announces the sunrise
The left bank rises almost to the top of the format and forms a dark vault. On the right, a lighter mass recedes into the mist. Their asymmetry creates a central water corridor, very narrow near the horizon then wide open in the foreground.
Water does not mechanically reflect trees. The blue, turquoise and mauve touches move in horizontal layers, then blur near the banks. In the center, a paler glow takes up the colors of the sky and gives the eye its direction.
Morning light does not enter through a visible sun: it progresses in the sky, in the water and even in the still blue foliage.
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.
An almost square composition
The 91 × 93 cm bring the two banks together and give height to the Seine corridor. The gaze advances less through a drawn perspective than through changes in value between trees, water and mist.
Trees transformed by the atmosphere
The foliage is not black. Deep blue, cool green, purple and a few lighter touches build their volume while maintaining the impression of humid air.
The rising sun suggested by color
Pink, pale yellow and sea green discreetly warm the center. These accents must remain measured: their low intensity is precisely what distinguishes dawn from daylight.
Reference image
Read this specific version
The single reference image corresponds to the official file published by the Marmottan Monet Museum. Its native definition is 1,500 × 1,462 px; it was converted into a real WebP without artificial enlargement.
Two banks like a curtain
The side masses close the foreground and move away towards the horizon. This plant architecture focuses the gaze on the light strip located in the middle.
Reflections more supple than their patterns
Under the trees, colors descend into the water without forming a clear symmetry. The contours dissolve, making the river deeper and the atmosphere more mobile.
A light touch in clear passages
Near the sky and horizon, the marks become more spaced out and finer. Reproduction must maintain this breathing without uniformly whitening the central area.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
This information concerns the Bras de Seine near Giverny, rising sun deposited at the Marmottan Monet Museum, number D.11-1993 and Wildenstein 1478.
Marmottan Monet Museum D.11-1993, W1478
This oil on canvas from 1897 measures 91 × 93 cm. It is signed and dated "Claude Monet 97" lower left.
Work carried out in the summers of 1896 and 1897
Monet joins his motif every day at the confluence of the Seine and the Epte. From his boat, he takes a very similar composition in order to observe the variations from dawn to sunrise.
Collection linked to Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild
The work belongs to the Ephrussi de Rothschild Foundation, which deposits it at the Marmottan Monet Museum. It bears the deposit number D.11-1993.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The exact version W1478 deposited at the Marmottan Monet Museum
- The original almost square ratio of 91 × 93 cm
- The water corridor maintained between the two tree masses
- The pink and yellow touches of the rising sun preserved without excessive saturation
Work sheet
| Title | Arm of the Seine, rising sun, Marmottan W1478 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1897 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 91 × 93 cm |
| Orientation | Almost square |
| Conservation | Marmottan Monet Museum, Paris, France |
| Inventory | D.11-1993 · Wildenstein 1478 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
Misty blue, deep green, turquoise, mauve and pale pink give this reproduction a calm atmosphere. Its almost square format is suitable for a living room, bedroom or reading space with light wood, linen and soft side light.
