A depth organized by bands
Lawn, balustrade, traffic, trees, Seine, facades and sky clearly follow one another. The vertical format allows these plans to be stacked while maintaining the Pantheon as a distant landmark.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · Paris seen from the Colonnade of the Louvre · Allen Memorial Art Museum
From a balcony of the Colonnade du Louvre, Monet looks out over the Jardin de l'Infante, the quays and the left bank of Paris. A geometric lawn occupies the foreground; behind its balustrade, pedestrian and car traffic forms an animated black ribbon. The trees in the garden then open onto a vast panorama where the Pantheon, the Sorbonne and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont emerge under a moving sky.

Look at the work
The bird's eye view first reveals an intense green rectangular lawn, lined with clear paths and small flower beds. A curved balustrade crosses the lower middle; beyond, crowds, cabs and horses line up along the quay.
Dense trees hide part of the Seine, then the roofs of the left bank rise towards the horizon. The dome of the Pantheon occupies the center, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont appears on the left and the Sorbonne on the right. White and gray clouds fill the upper half of this vertical format.
Monet does not choose between monument and modern life: he makes the geometry of the garden, the movement of the quay and the historical panorama of Paris coexist.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
Lawn, balustrade, traffic, trees, Seine, facades and sky clearly follow one another. The vertical format allows these plans to be stacked while maintaining the Pantheon as a distant landmark.
Passers-by are not individualized. Their silhouettes and those of the vehicles form a dense frieze which opposes its agitation to the calm surfaces of the garden and the sky.
In the spring of 1867, Monet obtained authorization to paint from the Louvre. He turns his back on the palace collections to represent the present city, its public spaces and its circulation.
Reference image
The visual corresponds to the Allen Memorial Art Museum's 1948.296 inventory and Wildenstein number 85. Its native definition of 1008 × 1512 px has been preserved in WebP without oversampling.
Its edges and paths provide the main perspective marker in the foreground. Small, colorful plantings should, however, prevent this area from becoming a uniform flat area.
Its dome is recognizable but treated in grays close to the sky. Artificially reinforcing it would bring it closer and break the staggering of Parisian neighborhoods.
Clouds change from white to bluish gray without a closed outline. Their large scale balances the tighter precision of the city and the garden.
Documented benchmarks
Painted in 1867, this oil on canvas measures 91.8 × 61.9 cm. It is kept at the Allen Memorial Art Museum under the 1948.296 inventory and listed as Wildenstein 85.
Monet obtains official authorization to install his easel there. From a neighboring location, he also painted Quai du Louvre W83 and Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois W84.
The foreground is the former Infanta Garden, located near the palace. On the horizon, the artist lines up several monuments on the left bank and transforms Paris into a panoramic landscape.
The pianist Charles Wilfrid de Bériot bought it around 1873. In a later correspondence, he recalls that Monet then attributed to it a value twice that of his other works. The museum acquired it in 1948.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | The Infanta Garden W85 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1867 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 91.8 × 61.9 cm |
| Orientation | Vertical |
| Conservation | Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, United States |
| Inventory | 1948.296 · Wildenstein 85 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
This vertical view is suitable for a living room, library or entrance. A patinated black, matte gold or dark oak frame highlights the architecture; a light wall highlights the greens of the garden and the blues of the sky.
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