# Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île

- By: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
- Date: 1886
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 66 × 81.8 cm (26 × 32 3/16 in.); Framed: 83.9 × 100.4 × 9.9 cm (33 × 39 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/20545)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/2765aee9-3d78-ec6c-5c66-a1d9dc8173f6/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Belle-Île, a small island off the southern shore of Brittany, was known for its dramatic cliffs, rock formations, and grottoes. As he often did, Claude Monet misjudged the time he would need to explore and capture the beauty of the place, which he variously called “lugubrious,” “terrifying,” and “very beautiful.” He came for two weeks and stayed for more than two months. This canvas is one of a group depicting the frieze of rock formations known as Port-Goulphar.

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