Manne-Porte, Étretat

Gallery 252, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Toll Gallery)

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Manne-Porte, Étretat

1885

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Monet was impressed by the grandeur of the massive cleft cliff at Étretat, a natural monument along the Normandy coast. He emphasized its awesome isolation by painting the great vertical faces of the receding cliffs set against a sea that merges imperceptibly into the sky.

Gallery 252, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Toll Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

Manne-Porte, Étretat

Date:

1885

Artist:

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

25 3/4 × 32 inches (65.4 × 81.3 cm) Framed: 39 1/4 × 45 × 5 1/4 inches (99.7 × 114.3 × 13.3 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Cat. 1051

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

Provenance

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Gallery 252, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Toll Gallery)

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