Painting · 1894

Rouen Cathedral (series)

Claude Monet · National Gallery of Art, Washington (Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight)

Rouen Cathedral (series) by Claude Monet

Palette

Bone #D5CFC0 · 31% · your word: Ecru
Beige #D2C6A6 · 22% · your word: Beige
Silver #AAACAB · 15% · your word: Silver
Tan #AB9F87 · 12% · your word: Tan
Light steel blue #92ACC7 · 10% · your word: Periwinkle
Sand #C4AF7A · 10% · your word: Tan

One of more than 30 views of the cathedral front that Monet painted in 1892–93 and finished in his Giverny studio in 1894. The stone is never plain grey: sunlit cream and tan against shadows of periwinkle blue.

Image

Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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