Monet Painted The Doge's Palace From Several Viewpoints During His Three-month Sojourn In Venice Editorial Image

The Impressionist work is painted with dappled brushstrokes in a bright palette of pinks, yellows and blues, bathed in a warm light. It is roughly divided into two horizontal zones. The upper part depicts the pink and white diamond patterned stonework of the Venetian Gothic palace walls pierced by arched windows with colonnaded arcades on the lower two floors, the blue sky above, the Lion of Venice column in the Piazzetta di San Marco to the left, and Ponte della Paglia and the New Prison (Prigioni Nuove) building to the right. The lower part is filled with the rippling waters of the Venetian lagoon and the reflection of the buildings.