A magnifying glass canvas

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It is a superstar in art history. Meanwhile, And yet, Printing, rising sun From Claude Monet has long kept his share of mystery. Nevertheless, Where was it painted? For example, What date, what time? Nevertheless, To answer it, it was necessary to form magnifying glass canvas a real team of detectives. Furthermore, An art historian, an archivist, a port engineer and even an American astrophysicist. Months of work for this find.

“It was in the Hôtel de la Myrothée (in Le Havre) that Monet settled in painting printing. the rising sun. He moved to a room on the second floor“. Indicates Géraldine Lefebvre, historian of art and specialist of the 19th century. That morning, Monet captures a fleeting impression. The ghostly lines of the port frozen in a spectral blue. then an orange touch which he goes on on the surface of the sea. A title finally: Printing, rising sunwhich will give its name to the movement of Impressionists. To determine her birthplace, the researcher relied on a letter from Monet’s hand and on plans from the Napoleonic Cadastre.

A quest for time travel. “”You are completely immersed in Le Havre de Monet. So that is exciting. We magnifying glass canvas are almost the young Monet. we imagine this city with all this port activity, which he knew, what he saw“, describes Géraldine Lefebvre.

Once the position of the painter is known, the investigators try to determine the exact date of his realization. To do this. they drop in trade almanac, analyze the tide times, the angle of view from the hotel and even the curve of the sun. Thousands of data processed in the United States. “”We understand. in fact, more also what we see in the table, since Printing, rising sunwe have vague shapes, we are in mist somewhere. And there. we will identify more precisely what we see on the table“, Details Pierre Beaumont, director of the municipal archives of Le Havre.

Two last clues will then be decisive. “”This is where the ships were released which were moored at the Transatlantic quay. which allowed to leave for New York“. magnifying glass canvas First, the lock. On the painting, it appears open, a synonymous with high tide. A few centimeters, this smoke escaping from the chimneys leaves, as for an east wind. After a glance at the vintage statement and 150 years of mystery, the verdict finally falls. The painting was painted on November 13, 1872, at 7.35 a.m.

“Today, Monet’s masterpiece, Printing, rising sunbears the precise date that was found at the time of our investigation. So it’s great satisfaction for us. A great pride too“, Ensures the art historian Géraldine Lefebvre. Of course, the canvas has delivered some of its mysteries, but it has lost nothing of its magic. forever, the most famous of the paintings by Claude Monet.