Palazzo da Mula, Venice

1908

Claude Monet

Artist, French, 1840 - 1926

Painted almost entirely in tones of topaz, lapis, and sky blue, the façade of a building abutting a waterway fills this horizontal painting. Brushstrokes are visible throughout and they blend to make the scene appear hazy. The top two-thirds of this painting shows the front of a building with two stories of rows of pointed, arched windows. Two long, low boats, gondolas, are pulled up side-by-side to one of the arched openings at the water level of the canal, to our right. A few touches of amethyst purple and mauve pink delineate some of the architectural features and shadows amid a field of denim and pale blue. The water below is painted with short, horizontal strokes to create a shimmering effect. The building’s reflection is captured with touches of emerald and cool green against the blue water. The artist signed and dated the work with cobalt-blue paint in the lower left: “Claude Monet 1908.”

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery 80

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 61.4 x 80.5 cm (24 3/16 x 31 11/16 in.)
    framed: 86.3 x 105.4 x 10.7 cm (34 x 41 1/2 x 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.182

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

From the artist to (Durand-Ruel, Paris); sold to Arthur B. Emmons [d. 1922], New York; (his sale, American Art Association, New York, 14 January 1920, no. 39). Henry D. Hughes, New York and Philadelphia; (Marie Sterner Galleries, New York); sold 8 March 1930 to Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1932

  • The Nineteenth Century: French Art in Retrospect, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, 1932, no. 37

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

1997

  • Monet and the Mediterranean, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1997-1998, no. 97, repro.

2010

  • From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1942

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 54, repro.

1944

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 54, repro.

1952

  • Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1952: 160, color repro.

1953

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 64, repro.

1963

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 266, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 93.

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 99, repro.

1966

  • Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:454, color repro.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 81, repro.

  • Gandolfo, Giampaolo et al. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Great Museums of the World. New York, 1968: 88-89, color repro.

1974

  • Wildenstein, Daniel. Claude Monet: biographie et catalouge raisonné. 5 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1974-1991: no. 1764.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 242, repro.

1979

  • Watson, Ross. The National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1979: 113, pl. 99.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 488, no. 723, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 279, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: Claude Monet 1908

Wikidata ID

Q20191180

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