Lavacourt under Snow
c. 1878–1881 · Oil on canvas · The National Gallery, London
The whole painting, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Claude Monet (1840–1926)
- Year
- c. 1878–1881
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 59.7 × 80.6 cm
- Collection
- The National Gallery, London
- Movement
- Impressionism
Deep snow slopes down to the edge of the Seine at Lavacourt, where a dark boat lies against the bank. A row of stone houses with snowy roofs runs up the right side, with a few bare trees in front. Across the river, a hillside glows pink and gold in low winter sun under a pale yellow sky. The shadows in the snow are blue and violet. Claude Monet painted the hamlet while living at Vétheuil, on the opposite bank, where he moved in 1878. The canvas is signed and dated 1881, but the National Gallery thinks it was probably painted earlier, perhaps in the very cold winter of 1879 to 1880, when the Seine froze. Sir Hugh Lane bought it in 1905, and it came to the National Gallery in London through his bequest in 1917.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Blue and violet snow beneath a pale yellow sky, with a pink, sunlit hillside across the river. For a bedroom, hallway or living room through the winter, pair it with Monet's The Magpie; a dark wood frame warms the light.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1878–1881)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, hallway or entryway, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from the original painting, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
