Artwork App

66.2 × 81.8 cm (26 1/16 × 32 3/16 in.); Framed: 79.7 × 94 × 6.1 cm (31 3/8 × 37 × 2 3/8 in.)

Venice, Palazzo Dario

Claude Monet was reluctant to visit and paint Venice due to the proliferation of images of the city on the art market. When he was finally persuaded to travel there in 1908, however, he found himself inspired by the colors and atmosphere. Although he still worried about producing only trite “souvenir” images of the city, his handling of paint and color here shows his unique perspective on the well-known Palazzo Dario: he depicted the square’s sturdy marble buildings in the same way as the water, subtly dissolving the forms as if they are floating in the Venetian haze.

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection

Colors

Exhibition History

Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, Claude Monet: “Venise,” May 28–June 8, 1912, cat. 19, as Le Palais Dario. Boston, Brooks Reed Gallery, Monet. Venise, late Oct. 1912. Boston, Brooks Reed Gallery, Tableaux Durand-Ruel, Mar. 1921. Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of the Mrs. L. L. Coburn Collection: Modern Paintings and Watercolors, Apr. 6–Oct. 9, 1932, cat. 26. Art Institute of Chicago, ”A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934, cat. 221. University of Chicago, Lexington Hall, Nov. 28–Dec. 19, 1951, no cat. Chicago, Remington Rand, window display, Apr. 14–30, 1952, no cat. University of Chicago, Lexington Hall, Mar. 1–20, 1954, no cat. University of Chicago, Lexington Hall, Feb. 25–Mar. 11, 1955, no cat. University of Chicago, College of Humanities, Feb. 27–Mar. 16, 1956, no cat. Park Forest (Ill.) Art Center, Mar. 25–Apr. 22, 1956, no cat. Art Center in La Jolla (Calif.), Great French Paintings, 1870–1910, June 15–July 26, 1956, cat. 10 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, The Paintings of Claude Monet, Apr. 1–June 15, 1957, no cat. no. New York, Museum of Modern Art, Claude Monet: Seasons and Moments, Mar. 9–May 15, 1960, cat. 97; Los Angeles County Museum, June 14–Aug. 7, 1960. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Monet, Mar. 15–May 11, 1975, cat. 113 (ill.). Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, Monet and the Mediterranean, June 8–Sept. 7, 1997, cat. 93 (ill.); New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Oct. 10, 1997–Jan. 4, 1998. Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Turner; Whistler; Monet, June 12–Sept. 12, 2004, cat. 88 (ill.); Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Oct. 12, 2004–Jan. 17, 2005; London, Tate Britain, Feb. 10–May 15, 2005. Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008, cat. 89 (ill.). Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Éblouissants reflets: Cent chefs-d’oeuvre impressionnistes, Apr. 29–Sept. 30, 2013, cat. 155 (ill.). London, The National Gallery, Monet & Architecture, Apr. 9-July 9, 2018, plate 193 (ill). Art Institute of Chicago, Monet and Chicago, September 5, 2020-June 14, 2021, cat. 74. Brooklyn Museum, Monet and Venice, Oct. 10, 2025–Feb. 15, 2026; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, Mar. 21–July 26, 2026.