Steep Cliffs near Dieppe

Falaises près de Dieppe

Steep Cliffs near Dieppe

Claude Monet · 1897

Hermitage Museum

Saint Petersburg, Russia

About this painting

Once owned by the Moscow collector Sergei Shchukin, this Dieppe cliff scene entered the Hermitage in 1948; Monet subordinates the cliffs' drama to shifting effects of light and sea air.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

65 × 100.5 cm (25.6 × 39.6 in)

Painted at

Dieppe, France

Current location

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

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