Rouen Cathedral, Harmony in Blue

The artwork

Monet asked 15,000 francs for each of his cathedrals, a sum that astonished even his dealer; yet before the exhibition he had already sold several at that price. You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The portal of Rouen Cathedral in the morning sun, in the version known as "harmony in blue".
• A light, luminous vertical canvas, for a hallway or a bedroom.
• A gift for anyone who loves France and its monuments.

The dealer was Paul Durand-Ruel, who had been selling the Impressionists' paintings for years. Faced with that demand, he tried to persuade Monet to settle for 12,000 francs a canvas, but Monet had already found buyers willing to pay his price.

Those canvases had cost him two seasons of work in Rouen, in Normandy: between February and April of 1892 and 1893 he had painted the cathedral facade from windows overlooking the square, at different hours and in different weather. Then came months of work in his studio at Giverny before he decided to show them. In May 1895 twenty cathedrals were hung together in Durand-Ruel's gallery in Paris.

This canvas, with the portal in the morning sun, belongs to the Musée d'Orsay and is on show in Paris at the Musée de l'Orangerie, in the first leg of the exhibition Monet, peindre le temps (30 September 2026 to 25 January 2027).

In a bedroom or a hallway it brings the light of a morning on ancient stone. It is a gift for anyone who loves travelling in France.

Monet painted this subject several times, in different light and at different hours: if you prefer another version, write to us and we will prepare it for you.

Unique quality material

Print on handmade Amalfi paper
Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)
With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges
Frame: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass