The Manneporte (Étretat)
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Original Dimensions: 25 3/4" x 32"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1883) "Monet spent most of February 1883 at Étretat, a fishing village and resort on the Normandy coast. He painted twenty views of the beach and the three extraordinary rock formations in the area: the Porte d'Aval, the Porte d'Amont, and the Manneporte. The sunlight that strikes the Manneporte has a dematerializing effect that permitted the artist to interpret the cliff almost exclusively in terms of color and luminosity. Most nineteenth century visitors were attracted to the rock as a natural wonder. Monet instead concentrated on his own changing perception of it at different times of day." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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