A Seascape, Shipping by Moonlight

Paysage marin, effet de nuit

A Seascape, Shipping by Moonlight

Claude Monet · 1864

National Galleries Scotland

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

About this painting

A rare nocturnal marine by the young Monet, depicting boats near Honfleur harbour by moonlight — a genre and lighting effect he returned to only occasionally before Impressionism's daylight obsession took hold.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

60 × 73.8 cm (23.6 × 29.1 in)

Painted at

Le Havre, France

Current location

National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh

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