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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1908 · Washington 1963.10.182 · W1764
The facade of Palazzo da Mula fills almost the entire canvas, cut only by a strip of canal and a few gondolas. Monet transforms the Gothic palace into a screen of topaz, lapis, sky blue and mauve. The windows remain recognizable, but the stone seems to be crossed by the humidity of Venice.
Look at the work
The framing removes the sky and places the viewer facing the palace. Two rows of ogival bays organize the facade; at water level, dark openings and gondolas give scale. The canal line occupies the lower third and receives the bluish green reflection of the building.
Architectural details are never traced uniformly. A deep blue specifies certain arches, while pink-mauve and purple open up the shadows. In the water, the keys become short and horizontal, then mingle with emerald accents that make the facade waver.
By removing almost the entire sky, Monet forces the gaze to follow the passage of light between the stone, the windows and the canal.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The Palazzo da Mula was located opposite the Palazzo Barbaro where Monet stayed in 1908. This proximity explains the tight frontal framing: the architecture is not a distant element of panorama, but the entire motif.
The ogival berries form a regular rhythm, but each opening receives a slightly different color and sharpness. This variation prevents decorative repetition and restores the shimmer of the air.
The emerald green, blue and purple of the water take on the tones of the facade in a more mobile order. Reproduction must make this link felt without transforming the reflection into a symmetrical copy of the building.
Reference image
The single reference image measures 3,200 × 2,430 px. The National Gallery of Art open file has been reduced from 4,000 px wide and converted into a real WebP, without any enlargement.
This distribution gives the palace immediate monumentality. The gondolas and openings on the ground floor create a dark transition that prevents the facade from appearing to sit on the canal.
The official palette described by the National Gallery is almost entirely cold. Topaz accents warm up certain stones and bring out blue shadows without producing a stark contrast.
Monet signs and dates the canvas in cobalt blue at the bottom left. The touch remains visible everywhere: tighter in the ornaments, freer and horizontal in the water.
Documented benchmarks
This information relates exactly to the Palazzo da Mula in Washington, accession 1963.10.182 and Wildenstein 1764.
This oil on canvas from 1908 measures 61.4 × 80.5 cm. The signature and date "Claude Monet 1908" are painted cobalt blue at the bottom left.
Having moved from the artist to Durand-Ruel, then through the Arthur B. Emmons and Henry D. Hughes collections, the work was purchased by Chester Dale in 1930 and bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1963.
The National Gallery displays the painting in the West Building, main level, gallery M80. Its image is offered in open access by the institution.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Palazzo da Mula in Venice W1764 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1908 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 61.4 × 80.5 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States |
| Inventory | 1963.10.182 · Wildenstein 1764 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
Lapis blue, light topaz, emerald green, mauve and pearl gray make up a reproduction that is both fresh and enveloping. It is suitable for contemporary interiors, dark woods and sand walls, with a side light that reveals the material of the blues.
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