An architecture in superimposed plans
Walls, white house, facade and tower fit together without a perfectly symmetrical axis. This superposition restores the real rise of the village.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · The church seen from the village houses in 1878 · Wildenstein 473
The Notre-Dame de Vétheuil church appears behind a group of tight houses and irregular walls. Its sculpted facade and its tower topped with a blue roof dominate the composition, but Monet places them in the ordinary life of the town: paths, gardens, open windows and small figures lead to the monument.

Look at the work
The western facade of the church stands slightly to the left of the center. Its pinnacles, large arch and small towers are translated by a mosaic of ocher, gray, green and pink rather than a meticulous architectural design. To the right, the massive tower and its dark blue roof give the monument its highest point.
A white house occupies the center of the foreground and hides part of the church. Its blue shutters, its light roof and its red base are surrounded by walls, slopes and vegetation. A few tiny inhabitants line the path; their presence transforms the monumental view into an inhabited scene.
Monet does not clear the monument: he makes it emerge through the tangle of houses and paths.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
Walls, white house, facade and tower fit together without a perfectly symmetrical axis. This superposition restores the real rise of the village.
The central house is not neutral: its plaster mixes gray, pink, yellow and blue. It captures light and separates darker areas.
The inhabitants at the bottom of the path are very small facing the walls and the church. They make the monumentality of the whole noticeable.
Reference image
The unique reference corresponds to version Wildenstein 473. The public domain file measures 1,320 × 999 px; it is kept at its native definition, without enlargement, then converted to WebP.
Pinnacles, towers, spiers and roofs cut out a very varied upper line, without the church being isolated from its environment.
Stones and plaster combine blue, mauve, green and pink. The reds of the bricks and roofs provide heat points.
The walls are built in small plates, the vegetation in softer accents and the sky in wide passages which maintain the atmosphere.
Documented benchmarks
This oil on canvas measuring 61 × 80 cm is identified as Wildenstein 473. It remains in a private collection.
Monet painted the church which dominates the village of Vétheuil from the nearby slopes, retaining the ordinary houses between his viewpoint and the facade.
Installed in the village in 1878, Monet multiplied the views of the church, the Seine and the hillsides; this version favors proximity to buildings.
The painting appeared in the Monet & Architecture exhibition presented at the National Gallery from April 9 to July 29, 2018.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | The Church of Vétheuil W473 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1878 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 61 × 80 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Private collection, Undocumented |
| Inventory | Wildenstein 473 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
Its colorful stones, blue shutters and village depth are suitable for a living room, entrance or library. An oak, warm gray or patinated gold frame highlights the architecture without making it solemn.
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