À propos de l’œuvre
La colline de Montmartre avec la carrière de pierre, par Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh · Autumn 1886 · Paris, Montmartre
Montmartre hill with stone quarry, F229Reproduction of oil painting on canvas
A green slope rises towards buildings, palisades and two mills installed at the top of Montmartre. In the foreground, the quarry exposes a light ground where a worker walks in blue; more than half of the canvas is occupied by a gray-blue sky animated by large touches.
Look at the work
Rural Montmartre meets the construction sites of the modern city
The hill forms a large diagonal from the lower left to the mills. Brown fences follow the limits and guide the view towards the buildings grouped on the ridge.
The quarry, the cabins and the blue worker introduce human activity without transforming the view into an anecdotal scene. The houses and wings of the mills remain small under the immense expanse of sky.
The Hill of Montmartre with stone quarry F229/JH1176 is a 32 × 41 cm oil on canvas painted in Paris in the fall of 1886. It is kept at the Van Gogh Museum under number s0064V1962.
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
Van Gogh distributes the landscape into three oblique bands: clear quarry, green slope and sky. Palisades connect these areas while mills serve as landmarks on the horizon.
The green slope occupies the center as an autonomous form
Long horizontal and oblique touches shape its relief. Green is not uniform: olive, brown, gray and yellow describe the irregularities of the terrain.
Blue worker gives career scale
Its small silhouette stands out clearly against the light ground. Without it, the width of the slope and the distance of the mills would be more difficult to measure.
The sky preserves the trace of each passage of the brush
Blue, cream, gray and pink are laid in wide short strips. This moving surface balances the heavy stability of the hill.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
F229/JH1176, the 32 × 41 cm format and inventory s0064V1962 identify the horizontal version of the Van Gogh Museum.
The north of the mound still retains a semi-rural character
Vegetable gardens, mills, small buildings and old quarry are located a few steps from Vincent and Theo's accommodation, rue Lepic.
Van Gogh created more than thirty views around the mound
It changes point of view and format to study mills, quarries, palisades and gardens. F229 belongs to a group of views of the northern slope.
The painting bears the Vincent signature at the bottom left
The red of the signature responds to the browns of the quarry. The references F229 and JH1176 avoid confusing it with F230, larger and almost square.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
The copy must preserve the great green slope, the diagonal palisades, the clear quarry, the blue worker, the two mills and the large nuanced touches which occupy the sky.
- The blue worker placed at the bottom edge
- The fence which climbs diagonally towards the summit
- The buildings and the two mills on the ridge
- Olive green touches spread across the slope
- The gray-blue sky which takes up more than half the format
Work sheet
| Title | Montmartre hill with stone quarry, F229 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890) |
| Date | Autumn 1886 |
| Place of creation | Paris, Montmartre |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 32 × 41 cm |
| Inventory | F229· JH1176· s0064V1962 |
| Conservation | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
From order to shipping
In your interior
A rural Montmartre with olive greens, light soils and blue-gray skies
Moss green, gray blue, cream, wood brown and bright blue accent create a calm landscape for an office, living room or interior made of natural materials.
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 high definition image of the Van Gogh Museum was prepared as a real WebP of 3,000 × 2,323 px, without artificial enlargement.
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.
