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Nature morte au melon d’Espagne W544 par Claude Monet, Museum Barberini
  • Nature morte au melon d’Espagne W544 par Claude Monet, Museum Barberini
  • Nature morte au melon d’Espagne W544 par Claude Monet, Museum Barberini
Still life with Spanish melon W544 - Claude Monet

Still life with Spanish melon W544 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · Vétheuil · autumn 1879 · W544

Still life with Spanish melon W544hand painted reproduction

A basket overflows with apples and bunches of grapes in front of a very dark green background. On the right, a whole melon and a large open slice introduce heavy, smooth shapes; on the light tablecloth, other fruits and scattered clusters lead the eye to the edge of the table. Painted in Vétheuil during the fall of 1879, this oil on canvas measuring 90 × 68 cm is kept at the Museum Barberini under the number MB-Mon-07. It corresponds to Wildenstein 544 and bears Monet's signature at the bottom right.

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Still life with Spanish melon W544Claude Monet · 1879
1879Dating
90 × 68 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
MB-Mon-07 · Wildenstein 544Inventory
A real paintingThe canvas is painted, never printed.
Created for youEach copy is made to order.
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Look at the work

The light comes from the left and transforms each surface: skin of the fruit, wicker of the basket, pulp of the melon, damask tablecloth and wood of the table

The basket occupies the left half, but its contents overflow on all sides. The red and green apples form round accents in the middle of the more irregular clusters. On the right, the entire melon recedes into the shadows while the light slice advances on the tablecloth; this opposition balances the abundance of the basket.

The fabric is not a neutral background. Its folds descend diagonally, its damask weft appears with rapid touches of gray and pink, then it stops on the striped brown wood of the table. Monet thus varies the textures without enclosing each object in a rigid outline: light connects the materials more than it separates them.

The Museum Barberini links this still life to the Flemish tradition of the 17th century, where the abundance of fruits evokes prosperity and the pleasures of life. The slice of melon, ready to be tasted, directly appeals to the senses.

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 basket and the melon form two poles of different weights

On the left, the basket brings together many small volumes; on the right, the melon imposes a single mass. The large clear slice serves as a transition between these two zones.

02

The tablecloth leads the eye deep

Its edge descends from the basket towards the foreground, then rises under the melon. This diagonal animates the vertical format and circulates the light throughout the lower part.

03

The dark background intensifies the colors without hardening them

Deep greens, grays and browns absorb the upper contours. The reds of the apples, the blues of the grapes and the yellow-green of the melon thus gain presence while remaining integrated into the atmosphere.

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The single image exactly represents the MB-Mon-07 and Wildenstein 544 inventory. The official Museum Barberini file was limited to 2,257 × 3,000 px, without artificial enlargement, then encoded as a real WebP.

Composition01

Respect the contrast between abundance and emptiness

The very dense basket leaves a dark area above the melon. Filling this void or moving the fruit would destroy the particular balance of W544.

Color02

Preserve the pulp clear but colored

The slice of melon combines cream, pink, green and small blue shadows. Pure white would make it appear cut out and remove the feeling of damp flesh.

Matter03

Differentiate materials by the key

Wicker requires short, crossed strokes, grape round touches, tablecloth quick gestures and melon wider passages. Their variety gives its tactile richness to the composition.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

The Museum Barberini and the catalog raisonné document this Still Life with Spanish Melon, oil on canvas from 1879, 90 × 68 cm, inventory MB-Mon-07 and reference Wildenstein 544.

Series01

One of three large still lifes of fruit

During the rains and then the frost of autumn 1879, Monet worked in his studio in Vétheuil. He painted three compositions from the same arrangement; the other two are today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Variation02

The only version with a cut melon

W544 is the only one of the three to include the whole melon and its slice. This detail opens the composition towards taste and smell, beyond the sole visual effect of colors and textures.

Course03

A provenance marked by dispossession and restitution

Confiscated from Paul Rosenberg in 1941, the painting was returned to the merchant in 1948. Its documented history then passed through the Kimbell Art Foundation before its entry into the Hasso Plattner collection.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

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

  • The Wildenstein 544 version and the MB-Mon-07 inventory
  • The basket of apples and grapes on the left
  • The whole melon and its slice placed on the right
  • The light damask tablecloth descending onto the table

Work sheet

Title Still life with Spanish melon W544
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date 1879
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 90 × 68 cm
Orientation Vertical
Conservation Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany
Inventory MB-Mon-07 · Wildenstein 544
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the official notice of the work - Museum Barberini · MB-Mon-07

Presentation in your interior

A palette designed with the room

This vertical still life is suitable for a dining room, fine kitchen or living room. A deep green, warm gray or cream wall and a dark brown frame make the fruit stand out without competing with the richness of the table.

Still life with Spanish melon W544, painted for your interior

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