Palazzo da Mula, Venice

The artwork

Monet saw Venice for the first time in the autumn of 1908, at sixty-eight, and here the facade of a Gothic palace on the Grand Canal seems to melt into the blues of the lagoon. You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The facade with its pointed arched windows, two moored gondolas and the shimmering water.
• Blues and golden reflections for a light-coloured wall.
• A gift for anyone who loves Venice.

Monet went to Venice with his wife Alice, the widow of Ernest Hoschedé, whom he had married in 1892. They stayed for more than two months, and he painted the palaces and churches mirrored in the water.

In this canvas the Palazzo da Mula fills almost the whole space. In the upper two thirds there are two floors of pointed arched windows; below, two gondolas are drawn up side by side at an opening right on the water. The water is made of short horizontal strokes that make it shimmer. In the lower left Monet signed and dated the picture in cobalt blue.

He finished many of the Venice canvases at leisure in Giverny, at home, and exhibited them in Paris in 1912. Alice, who had died the year before, never saw them on show. The original is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

In a living room or a hallway it brings the light of the lagoon. It is a gift for anyone with a memory of Venice, or who dreams of going there.

Unique quality material

Print on handmade Amalfi paper
Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)
With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges
Frame: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass