An opposition between two rock masses
The rectangular cliff on the left and the rounded silhouette of the Lion create a central interval where the sea becomes the true focus of the composition.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · Port-Coton · 1886 · W1091
In Port-Coton, a dark cliff advances from the left while Lion Rock rises into the sea. Around the blocks, blue, green and white water fragments into a multitude of currents. Signed and dated Claude Monet 86, this oil on canvas measuring 65.4 × 81.2 cm is kept at the Fitzwilliam Museum under the number PD.27-1998 and corresponds to Wildenstein 1091.

Look at the work
The cliff occupies the entire left edge and projects its horizontal profile towards the center. The isolated, darker rock stands out in front of the horizon. Between these two masses, the waves open a luminous passage.
The stone combines blue black, purple, brown and some red accents. The sea mixes turquoise, cobalt, green and white in tight touches. The sky, calmer, offers a blue-gray stripe which brings out the turbulence at the bottom.
Lion Rock appears still, but everything around it moves: the foam, reflections and even contours of the stone seem transformed by water.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The rectangular cliff on the left and the rounded silhouette of the Lion create a central interval where the sea becomes the true focus of the composition.
The white, green and blue touches intersect without following a single direction. This variety restores the swirls around the reefs.
Its wider touch and clear values slow down the gaze before it returns to the dense matter of the waves.
Reference image
The only reference image comes from the Fitzwilliam Museum's IIIF conservation file. Cropped to the edge of the canvas, it is offered as a real WebP of 2,730 × 2,184 px.
Its horizontal advance above the water is a specific landmark of the W1091 composition.
The central rock should not be enlarged or sharpened: its stocky shape justifies the name given to the pattern.
They alternate with blues and whites and give the sea its volume, beyond a simple foam effect.
Documented benchmarks
The Fitzwilliam Museum documents Rocks at Port-Coton, the Lion Rock, Belle Ile, oil on canvas from 1886, 65.4 × 81.2 cm, signed Claude Monet 86, inventory PD.27-1998 and catalog Wildenstein 1091.
Monet worked for nearly ten weeks on the wild coast in the fall of 1886, multiplying the framing in front of the same rocks under different sea conditions.
The gallery register indicates an acquisition from the painter in April 1887, a few months after his return from Belle-Île.
Already loaned to the museum since 1983, the painting was accepted for payment of inheritance tax and then officially assigned to the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Rocks in Port-Coton, Lion Rock W1091 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1886 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 65.4 × 81.2 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Inventory | PD.27-1998 · Wildenstein 1091 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
This horizontal navy is suitable for a living room, bookcase or office. A deep blue, stone gray or dark green wall and a matte black frame reinforce its character.
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