# Coastal Mountains

- By: Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (Marseille, 1824–1886)
- Date: 1870 - 1880
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 9 cm
- Credit line: Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-2579--32beeba18f3e7e89aa2a4d3486bd627c)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/d324f03c71b7ebe9ae52cc1d422e1d79.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Monticelli painted Le Promontoire here, Cap Canaille near Cassis on the French coast southeast of Marseille. The painter came from Marseille and so knew this region like the back of his hand. This light, impressionistic landscape is exceptional within his body of work. He specialized in dreamlike scenes with figures in a garden or forest, painted in dark and glowing colours. Monticelli’s work was very popular among European collectors.