A partially concealed bridge
The arch must remain legible between the branches and the reeds, without being redrawn. Its railing brings together several blues and purples rather than a single uniform color.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1900 · MFA Boston · W1630
The Japanese bridge appears almost absorbed in willows, reeds and reflections. In this version of Boston, the reds, blues and greens are particularly deep: the pool becomes a dense surface where the bridge arch still maintains an opening towards the garden.

Look at the work
The bridge occupies the upper left part. Its blue-purple railing stands out against a mass of dark foliage, punctuated with reds and yellows. The light arch opens a passage in the center, but the hanging branches deliberately reduce visibility.
The lower half is constructed by horizontal red, blue, green and ocher bands. Water lily leaves float at different heights and prevent reflections from becoming a regular carpet. A few pink and white flowers catch the eye without forming a single center.
The bridge remains recognizable, but the colorful material of the pond and willows is already beginning to prevail over the description of the garden.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.

The arch must remain legible between the branches and the reeds, without being redrawn. Its railing brings together several blues and purples rather than a single uniform color.
Willows fall in long strokes; the basin extends into shorter, lateral bands. Their meeting gives depth to an almost square composition.
Red browns, deep greens and blue blacks structure the shadow. Yellows, pinks and turquoise pass through them to prevent reproduction from becoming opaque.
Details and visual documents
The additional images show the difficult-to-read passages in the full view and, where it exists, the actual appearance of the work at the museum.


The full view measures 1600 × 1549 px; native details measure 850 × 1050 px and 850 × 950 px. No files have been enlarged; all three images are real WebPs.
Documented benchmarks
These facts concern this precise version and are verified from the notice of the institution which keeps it.
The Museum of Fine Arts dates this oil on canvas to 1900. It measures 90.2 × 92.7 cm and corresponds to number 1630 of Daniel Wildenstein's catalog raisonné.
The work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts as a gift from the Fuller Foundation, in memory of Governor Alvan T. Fuller. It is numbered 61.959.
In this 1900 composition, Monet maintains the Japanese arch as his main structure. The reflections and foliage, however, spread across the entire surface, announcing the more immersive framing of the late water lilies.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | The Water Lily Basin, Boston W1630 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1900 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 90.2 × 92.7 cm |
| Orientation | Almost square |
| Conservation | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States |
| Inventory | 61,959 · Wildenstein 1630 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
Forest green, purple blue, earth red and turquoise give this reproduction an enveloping presence. It works with walnut, brass, natural linen and cream, midnight blue or deep green walls.
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