À propos de l’œuvre
Nymphéas, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1914 -1917 · Barberini MB-Mon-33 · W1803
Water Lilies, Museum Barberini W1803hand painted reproduction
On a two-meter square canvas, Monet extends the Giverny basin to the limits of the gaze. A large dark green mass crosses the center, punctuated by a few purple, yellow and white flowers. In the lower part, water lilies and blue reflections mingle with long plant trails; the white edges leave the artist's progressive work visible.
Look at the work
A very dense green tablecloth cuts the pond, while the light flowers appear as rare bursts
The upper register is dominated by a horizontal band of emerald green, turquoise and bluish black. The flowers are small, spaced and constructed by purple, white or yellow accents. Their rarity reinforces the magnitude of the water instead of making it an orderly garden.
Under this band, the keys go down further. The greens mix with the deep blue and purple, then encounter wider leaves in the lower corners. The clear reserves around the perimeter deliberately interrupt the color and remind us that the surface has been worked in successive campaigns.
The pool is no longer a landscape seen from afar: it becomes a field of gestures where water, reflections and plants share the same material.
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.
A monumental square without a single center
The 200 × 200 cm format allows the eye to circulate between several groups of flowers and leaves. No pattern dominates permanently; the composition is based on densities and intervals.
A large transverse plant strip
The dark mass at the top of the painting acts as an internal horizon, although it is made up of plants and reflections. It gives stability to the more vertical and freer gestures of the lower part.
Clear margins integrated into the work
The Museum Barberini emphasizes that white areas are not enough to define the canvas as unfinished. They participate in the breathing of the composition and make the stages of the work visible.
Reference image
Read this specific version
The Museum Barberini's only official image measures 2,400 × 2,409 px. It has been converted into a real WebP at its native resolution, without artificial enlargement.
A few flowers in a vast expanse
The purple and yellow corollas remain small facing the two meters of the painting. Their precise placement structures the space; magnifying them would profoundly modify the rhythm of the original.
From almost black greens to turquoise
The plant palette is constantly changing temperature. Cobalt blue, deep green, emerald and mauve overlap, while the flowers bring brief warm notes.
A very apparent late material
Brushstrokes lengthen, cross and sometimes leave the clear canvas visible. Faithful reproduction should maintain these interruptions and amplitude rather than smooth the surface.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
This information concerns the Water Lilies of the Museum Barberini, inventory MB-Mon-33 and Wildenstein 1803.
Barberini MB-Mon-33, W1803
Dated 1914 -1917, this oil on canvas measures exactly 200 × 200 cm. It bears a signature stamp "Claude Monet" in the lower left corner.
The great return to the basin between 1914 and 1917
The museum notice links the work to a group of around forty views of the water garden created during these years, when Monet developed a broader touch and compositions close to abstraction.
Those from home by Sacha Guitry
Images filmed in 1914 show Monet working on this composition in his studio. The painting then remained in the family and was passed on to Michel Monet before passing through several collections.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The exact version of Museum Barberini, MB-Mon-33 and Wildenstein 1803
- The original square ratio of 200 × 200 cm
- The small flowers preserved on their scale in the vast green tablecloth
- The white reserves maintained on the edges with the loose material of the latest Monet
Work sheet
| Title | Water Lilies, Museum Barberini W1803 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1914 - 1917 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 200 × 200 cm |
| Orientation | Square |
| Conservation | Museum Barberini - Hasso Plattner Collection, Potsdam, Germany |
| Inventory | MB-Mon-33 · Wildenstein 1803 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
Deep green, turquoise, cobalt blue, purple and yellow give this square reproduction an enveloping presence. It is suitable for a large open wall, with side light that reveals passages of material.
