A distinct morning effect in the series
Monet changes canvas as the light moves over the cathedral. In this version, the high areas begin to turn pink, but the portals retain a blue darkness that still makes the end of the night tangible.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1894 · MFA Boston 24.6 · W1348
At dawn, the facade of Rouen Cathedral remains almost entirely blue. However, a pink and cream light begins to touch the tower and the upper reliefs. The portals remain plunged into deep shadow: Monet captures precisely the moment when the monument leaves the night without yet being overcome by broad daylight.

Look at the work
The tower occupies the left like a large vertical mass, while the pinnacles and the portal are cut further to the right. The framing cuts the top and brings the building very close. At the bottom, the three dark openings form a base which gives weight to the lighter light of the upper parts.
Blues vary from cobalt to pearl gray and purple. The pink and orange touches are not distributed everywhere: they focus on the reliefs that dawn reaches first. This saving in heat makes the transition between night and morning particularly sensitive.
W1348 does not only show an hour: it makes you feel the light progressing, stone by stone, on the facade.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
Monet changes canvas as the light moves over the cathedral. In this version, the high areas begin to turn pink, but the portals retain a blue darkness that still makes the end of the night tangible.
The MFA Boston highlights the encrustation of matter in the Cathedrals. The successive layers evoke the roughness of the stone and allow the reliefs to capture light without being defined by a precise drawing.
The work entered the museum in 1924 thanks to the Arthur Gordon Tompkins collection. It bears inventory number 24.6 and corresponds to number 1348 of the Wildenstein catalog.
Reference image
Only one reference image is used: the high definition view documenting W1348, converted into a true WebP of 2,751 × 4,000 px, without artificial enlargement.
The left half remains compact and vertical. On the right, the pinnacles and arches multiply the interruptions. The difference between these two masses must remain legible despite the mist.
The cold palette clearly dominates. Roses and creams intervene in small touches on the projections, without transforming dawn into midday light.
The stone is constructed by juxtaposition of thick marks. The openings keep flexible edges so that the facade appears caught in the air, not cut out like an architectural elevation.
Documented benchmarks
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston notice documents this version under inventory 24.6; the Wildenstein catalog gives it the number 1348.
This oil on canvas from 1894 measures 106.1 × 73.9 cm. It is signed and dated "Claude Monet 1894" at the bottom left.
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston acquired the painting in 1924. It belonged to the Tompkins Collection thanks to the Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund.
Monet worked in Rouen in 1892 and 1893, then took over the paintings in Giverny. In 1895, twenty Cathedrals were brought together at Durand-Ruel so that their differences in light could be compared.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Rouen Cathedral, morning effect W1348 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1894 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 106.1 × 73.9 cm |
| Orientation | Vertical |
| Conservation | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, United States |
| Inventory | 24.6 · Wildenstein 1348 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
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Cobalt blue, lavender and pale pink give this reproduction a silent and refined atmosphere. It goes well with a living room, library or office with light walls, walnut and patinated metal.
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