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La Seine en aval de Vétheuil W530 par Claude Monet, Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève
  • La Seine en aval de Vétheuil W530 par Claude Monet, Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève
  • La Seine en aval de Vétheuil W530 par Claude Monet, Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève
The Seine downstream of Vétheuil W530 - Claude Monet

The Seine downstream of Vétheuil W530 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · Vétheuil · around 1879 · W530

The Seine downstream of Vétheuil W530hand painted reproduction

An overcast sky almost merges with the surface of the Seine. On the opposite bank, the houses of Vétheuil and the hillsides are reduced to pinkish grays, muted greens and some darker accents. Two groups of poplars frame the view without closing the river; their reflections extend the verticals in calm water. This oil on canvas measuring 46.3 × 61.5 cm, dated around 1879, is kept at the Geneva Museum of Art and History under number 1932-0010. It corresponds to Wildenstein 530.

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The Seine downstream of Vétheuil W530Claude Monet · Around 1879
Around 1879Dating
46.3 × 61.5 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
1932-0010 · Wildenstein 530Inventory
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Created for youEach copy is made to order.
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Look at the work

Under diffused light, the village, the trees and their reflection come together until they form a single silver atmosphere

The sky occupies a shallow strip, but its gray light descends throughout the composition. The distant shore stretches horizontally: poplars on the left, light houses in the center, slope and darker trees on the right. No element takes the form of an isolated monument; the village is read in the vicinity of small values.

The Seine covers almost the lower half. The reflections are more vertical under the trees and more horizontal in the center, where the light opens an almost white area. Monet thus varies the direction of the brush to distinguish water from land without hardening the bank line.

The Geneva Museum preserves the work under the title Seine downstream of Vétheuil and dates it to around 1879. Its high definition image reveals a very nuanced range of bluish grays, earthy pinks and retained greens.

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

Poplars form two asymmetrical punctuations

The left group is denser and rises into the sky; the one in the center right is narrower. Their gap opens the village and prevents the composition from closing on a screen of trees.

02

The central reflection becomes the main source of light

A light area, almost without detail, extends into the middle of the water. It separates dark reflections and gives depth to the river despite a very narrow palette.

03

Houses emerge through their temperature differences

A few warm grays and pinks distinguish the facades from the surrounding blue-green ones. Their design remains incomplete, but the succession of roofs is enough to reveal the village.

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The single image represents exactly the 1932-0010 inventory. The official IIIF file of the Geneva Museum is limited to 3,000 × 2,249 px, without artificial enlargement, then encoded as a real WebP.

Composition01

Preserve pallet retention

W530 is not a brightly sunny landscape. Shades should remain close together so that covered light and air humidity remain noticeable.

Color02

Keep the area clear in the center of the water

This almost pearly passage organizes the reflections on both sides. Too full of details or too blue, it would cause the central breathing of the painting to lose.

Matter03

Keep the edges of the shapes open

Trees, houses and hillsides mingle slightly. Too clear contours would eliminate the atmospheric unity that characterizes this Geneva version.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

The Geneva Museum of Art and History documents Seine downstream of Vétheuil, oil on canvas circa 1879, 46.3 × 61.5 cm, inventory 1932-0010 and Wildenstein catalog 530.

Collection01

Purchased by the City of Geneva in 1932

The museum's mandatory mention indicates the 1932 acquisition. The work has since been in inventory number 1932-0010 and is not currently advertised as on display.

Period02

Monet installed in Vétheuil since September 1878

In this village downstream from Paris, he observes the Seine from both banks and from his boat-workshop. Changes in weather and water level become reasons as important as buildings.

Identification03

A separate version of La Seine à Vétheuil W529

The 46.3 × 61.5 cm format, the silver gray composition and the Geneva inventory identify W530. W529 on the contrary presents a large dark tree on the left, a central boat and a much brighter light.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

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

  • The Wildenstein 530 version and inventory 1932-0010
  • Covered light reflected in the center of the Seine
  • The two groups of poplars of different heights
  • The houses of Vétheuil melted into the hillside

Work sheet

Title The Seine downstream of Vétheuil W530
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date Around 1879
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 46.3 × 61.5 cm
Orientation Horizontal
Conservation Museum of Art and History, Geneva, Switzerland
Inventory 1932-0010 · Wildenstein 530
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the file and download the image of the museum - MAH Geneva · 1932-0010

Presentation in your interior

A palette designed with the room

This calm composition is suitable for a bedroom, office or living room with natural materials. A pearl gray, mist blue or earth pink wall and a light oak frame respect its silver range.

The Seine downstream of Vétheuil W530, painted for your interior

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