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Portrait de Michel Monet bébé W504 par Claude Monet, Musée Marmottan Monet
  • Portrait de Michel Monet bébé W504 par Claude Monet, Musée Marmottan Monet
  • Portrait de Michel Monet bébé W504 par Claude Monet, Musée Marmottan Monet
Portrait of Michel Monet baby W504 - Claude Monet

Portrait of Michel Monet baby W504 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · Michel Monet · 1878 -1879 · W504

Portrait of Michel Monet baby W504hand painted reproduction

Michel Monet, the painter's second son, still appears as a baby, facing left. A white headdress wraps her red hair; collar, ribbons and purple fabric form a dazzling material around the face, placed in quick touches. The dark background brings the child closer and accentuates the roses on his cheeks. Unsigned, this oil on canvas measuring 46 × 37 cm is kept at the Marmottan Monet Museum under number 5014. Dated between 1878 and 1879, it corresponds to Wildenstein 504.

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Portrait of Michel Monet baby W504Claude Monet · 1878 -1879
1878 - 1879Dating
46 × 37 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
5014 · Wildenstein 504Inventory
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Look at the work

The attentive face emerges from a whirlwind of white, mauve and green: Monet paints less of an official pose than a moment of presence

The framing is tight on the bust. The headdress almost touches the upper edge and the clothes disappear at the bottom of the canvas in freer gestures. The eyes, nose and mouth are the most concentrated areas; all around, ribbons and lace dissolve into touches that move the light forward.

The skin is not shaped by brown shadows. Roses, reds, oranges, whites and small blue notes build the volume of the cheeks. The background combines green, blue and brown in wide oblique passages; it creates immediate depth without introducing decoration which would distract the child's attention.

The notice from the Marmottan Monet Museum dates the painting between 1878 and 1879, specifies that it is not signed and records its entry by the bequest of Michel Monet in 1966.

Composition, touch and light

What Monet builds behind the impression of snapshot

Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.

01

The look gives direction to the portrait

Michel does not face the spectator. His eyes turn to the left and cause the slight movement of the head, while the bust remains almost frontal.

02

The whites of the headdress are never neutral

Blues, greens, pinks and grays run through the fabric. The thick touches on the illuminated edge contrast with the more transparent passages which blend into the dark background.

03

The material becomes freer away from the face

The features are precise around the eyes and mouth, then widen in the collar and dress. This gradation retains the resemblance while restoring the energy of a very young model.

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The single image exactly represents inventory 5014 and Wildenstein 504. The official Marmottan Monet Museum file measures 1,500 × 1,891 px; it remains at its native definition, without artificial enlargement, then is encoded in real WebP.

Composition01

Maintain the small shift of the head to the left

The side gaze and the asymmetrical silhouette give the portrait its naturalness. Refocusing the face would transform it into a still effigy.

Color02

Preserve skin tones made of bold colors

The cheeks combine pink, red, yellow and blue. A uniform beige pattern would remove the visible freshness and speed of the paint.

Matter03

Keep the edges open of the lace

Headdress, ribbons and collar are indicated by separate impastos. Smoothing them would cause the vibration surrounding the face to lose and distinguish W504.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

The Marmottan Monet Museum documents the Portrait of Michel Monet as a baby, oil on canvas from 1878 -1879, 46 × 37 cm, inventory 5014 and catalog Wildenstein 504.

Model01

Michel Monet, born March 17, 1878

Michel is the second son of Claude Monet and Camille Doncieux. The dating 1878 -1879 corresponds to his first year, before the portraits with the pompom cap from 1880 and the blue sweater from 1883.

Execution02

A key adapted to a model that is impossible to immobilize

The face receives the most precise indications, while the headdress and clothes are grasped more quickly. This difference in finish transforms the constraint of a short pose into pictorial quality.

Collection03

A direct legacy of the model in 1966

Michel Monet preserves the work and bequeaths it with the family ensemble which has become the heart of the museum's Monet collection. Inventory 5014 records this direct provenance.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.

  • The Wildenstein 504 version and the 5014 inventory
  • Looking to the left
  • The white headdress and collar covered in blue and pink
  • Purple clothing that dissolves at the bottom of the canvas

Work sheet

Title Portrait of Michel Monet baby W504
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date 1878 - 1879
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 46 × 37 cm
Orientation Vertical
Conservation Marmottan Monet Museum, Paris, France
Inventory 5014 · Wildenstein 504
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the official museum notice - Marmottan Monet Museum · 5014

Presentation in your interior

A palette designed with the room

This intimate portrait is suitable for a quiet bedroom, boudoir or living room. A gray-green, mauve muffled or off-white wall and a patinated gold frame highlight the face without making the whites too cold.

Portrait of Michel Monet baby W504, painted for your interior

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