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Bateaux à Zaandam W189 par Claude Monet, Museum Barberini Potsdam

Boats in Zaandam W189 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · A Dutch port in 1871 · Museum Barberini

Boats in Zaandam W189hand painted reproduction

Red, green and orange boats are moored in front of a row of Dutch trees and houses. Their very high masts carry long flames that the wind deploys in a blue sky covered with clouds. Monet brings together here the activity of the port, the color of the hulls and the mobility of the atmosphere in a more constructed image than many of his studies of Zaandam.

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Boats in Zaandam W189Claude Monet · 1871
1871Dating
44.5 × 72.5 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
MB-Mon-02 · Wildenstein 189Inventory
A real paintingThe canvas is painted, never printed.
Created for youEach copy is made to order.
Controlled in photoYou see the finished painting before it leaves.
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Look at the work

The colorful hulls form a port scene in the open wind

In the foreground, several boats are pressed against black stakes. Their red and orange hulls overlap, separated by green and yellow bands. Small figures appear near the bank; their scale makes the height of the masts which cross almost the entire sky noticeable.

The long horizontal flames all indicate a sustained wind. They extend the masts and create a supple writing above the brown sails. On the right, light green, pink and brick facades reintroduce the geometry of the houses, while the water mixes the colors of the quay in short reflections.

The boats remain docked, but the flames, clouds and reflections set the entire canvas in motion.

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

A dense foreground of hulls and piles

The shapes overlap without losing their individuality. The black stakes punctuate this colorful band and give its depth to the port.

02

Masts that measure the sky

Their verticality connects boats to clouds. Curved flames introduce a horizontal counter-rhythm which makes the wind immediately perceptible.

03

A more sustained finish

The Museum Barberini highlights the relatively smooth and finished surface of this canvas, different from Monet's faster Dutch studies.

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The unique reference comes directly from the Museum Barberini's collector's image. It measures 2,500 × 1,526 px and is kept at this native definition, without enlargement, before conversion to WebP.

Composition01

A port strip under a big sky

Boats, houses and trees remain grouped in the lower half. Masts and flames cross the upper space without filling it.

Color02

Very assertive reds and greens

The warm hulls stand out from the greens of the shore and the blues of the sky. The browns of the sails connect these color families.

Matter03

Readable impasto on the clouds

The sky is set by thick and curved gestures. The shells receive firmer touches, while the water maintains short and transparent passages.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

The Museum Barberini preserves this oil on canvas under the inventory MB-Mon-02; it corresponds to number 189 of the Wildenstein catalog.

Travel01

A four-month Dutch campaign

Monet stayed in Zaandam in 1871 and created around twenty-four medium-sized paintings there. The port, the mills and the houses by the water became his main subjects.

Instant02

The flames indicate the direction of the wind

The museum notice highlights these narrow bands which make a temporary weather condition visible and reinforce the impression of a moment observed on site.

Provenance03

A story that begins at Durand-Ruel

The painting was acquired in 1871 by Paul Durand-Ruel. It then passed into the collection of banker Ernest May before joining the Hasso Plattner Collection.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

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

  • Maintain the exact overlay of red, green and orange shells.
  • Keep masts thin and flames supple without making them decorative.
  • Preserve the brown shades of the sails and the details of the small figures.
  • Circulate the colors of the dock in the water through short, irregular reflections.

Work sheet

Title Boats in Zaandam W189
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date 1871
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 44.5 × 72.5 cm
Orientation Panoramic
Conservation Museum Barberini - Hasso Plattner Collection, Potsdam, Germany
Inventory MB-Mon-02 · Wildenstein 189
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the official notice - Museum Barberini

Presentation in your interior

A palette designed with the room

Its deep reds, fresh greens and blue sky give this scene a lively presence. It is suitable for a dining room, office or living room; a walnut, soft black or matte gold frame highlights the hulls and masts.

Boats in Zaandam W189, painted for your interior

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