À propos de l’œuvre
La colline de Montmartre avec la carrière de pierre, par Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh · June -July 1886 · Montmartre, Paris
Montmartre hill with stone quarry, F230Reproduction of oil painting on canvas
A quarry cuts into the still rural slope of Montmartre. Light blocks, a pile of wood and a few silhouettes occupy the foreground, while mills and houses stand out at the top of the mound.
Look at the work
The quarry opens the hill like a vast stone theater
Van Gogh places the viewer at the bottom of the construction site. The extracted stones, planks and embankments form a succession of irregular planes which lead to the small constructions at the top.
The figures are tiny facing the terrain. The brown, green and gray touches describe the rock, grass and earth, while a pale sky brings the composition together without erasing the silhouette of the mills.
The Hill of Montmartre with the stone quarry F230/JH1177 is an oil on canvas of 56.3 × 62.6 cm painted in Paris in June - July 1886. It bears the inventory s0012V1962.
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
This view combines the still muffled palette of the Dutch years with a freer spatial construction, observed directly in a transforming Montmartre.
The construction site occupies almost the entire picture
Blocks, boards, spoil and quarry walls give the foreground a dense material; the city only appears in a crown at the top.
The diagonals make you climb the mound
The boundaries of the embankments and the oblique paths start from the lower corners then converge towards the mills and houses.
Figures measure site scale
A few workers and passers-by, reduced to colorful accents, make the height of the excavations and the width of the land noticeable.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
The large format of 56.3 × 62.6 cm, the inventory s0012V1962 and the references F230/JH1177 distinguish this version from the smaller view F229.
The other side of the mound
In 1886, part of Montmartre was already built, but the side shown retains quarries, wastelands and mills.
Stacked wood and stone blocks
The museum notice identifies a pile of wood in front of the cut stones: two materials that Van Gogh contrasts with the direction of his keys.
A recognizable Parisian landscape
Van Gogh chose a site also painted by other artists and hoped that a subject familiar to the Parisian public could find a buyer.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
The copy must preserve the depth of the quarry, the light blocks, the brown wood, the tiny figures, the mills at the top and the muted variations of the terrain.
- The dark wood pile at the bottom edge
- The stone blocks in the center of the construction site
- The silhouettes distributed on the embankments
- The mills and houses at the top
- The gray-blue sky that detaches the ridge
Work sheet
| Title | Montmartre hill with stone quarry, F230 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890) |
| Date | June - July 1886 |
| Place of creation | Montmartre, Paris |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 56.3 × 62.6 cm |
| Inventory | F230· JH1177· s0012V1962 |
| Conservation | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
From order to shipping
In your interior
A view of Montmartre with ochres, greens and grays
Earth brown, stone ocher, olive green, blue gray and cream give a calm and architectural presence to a living room, an office or a library.
Frequently asked questions
Before ordering
Is this a canvas print?
No. Each reproduction is manually painted in oil on canvas. Brushstrokes and material variations belong to the final result.
How is the visual reference chosen?
The institutional image was prepared in 3,000 × 2,733 px then converted into a real WebP in order to preserve the details of the site and the mills.
Can I check the result before shipping?
Yes. Photographs of the finished painting are sent to you; you can request alterations before validating the shipment.
Are custom formats possible?
Yes. The format can be adapted to your wall while maintaining the proportions and balance of the original composition.
