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The Rock Needle and Porte d' Aval, Etretat
Painter: Monet, Claude
History note: Michael Monet, Giverny; with Wildenstein; François Reichenbach; with Arthur Tooth, from whom bought by Mrs Oliver Parker; by descent to T.O. Parker
Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1998
Method of acquisition: Allocated (1998) by H.M. Government
Production date: ? AD 1885 : may have been the sketch for the signed painting, dated 1885, of the same subject now in a private collection (Wildenstein no. 1032)
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Height 64.8 cm
Width 81 cm
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: PD.26-1998
Primary reference Number: 2812
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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