Les Falaises à Étretat
The Cliffs at Étretat
Claude Monet · 1885
Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, United States
“Monet painted this view of the Porte d'Aval from a spot reachable only by boat or a steep cliff path. Writer Guy de Maupassant watched him work, describing how he "captured in a few brushstrokes a falling ray of light or a passing cloud."”
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65.1 × 81.3 cm (25.6 × 32 in)
Painted at
Étretat, France
Current location
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
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