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San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight
MONET, Claude (1840 - 1926)
Date: 1908
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 65.2 x 92.4 cm
Acquired: 1952; Bequest; Gwendoline Davies
Accession Number: NMW A 2485
Collection: The Davies Sisters Collection
A view of the monastery island of San Giorgio, painted from the south-eastern end of Venice. On the right are faintly visible the dome of Santa Maria della Salute and the mouth of the Grand Canal. Every evening in late November 1908, Monet and his wife made gondola trips to enjoy 'these splendid sunsets which are unique in the world'. This work was purchased by Gwendoline Davies in 1912, directly from Monet's exhibition of his Venetian Scenes in Paris.
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Thank you for your enquiry. This painting is back on display in Gallery 16 at National Museum Cardiff.
Best wishes,
Marc
Digital Team
Hi there Tony
Further to my earlier comment, I can confirm that San Giorgio Maggiore in Twilight is off display for conservation work at the moment, and is then part of the 6 venue Japan tour between March 2017 and June 2018. Once it is back from touring, the aim will be to redisplay it here in Cardiff.
Best wishes,
Sara
Hi there Tony,
Thanks for your enquiry. I will check with the Department of Art and get back to you.
Best wishes,
Sara
Digital Team
Thank for your enquiry - Unfortunately San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight will not be on display on 4 January 2017. It is part of an international tour and will not be back on display until the summer of 2018.
Apologies for any inconvenience,
Graham
Digital Team, Amgueddfa Cymru
Hi there PK
Thank you for your intriguing enquiry!
This painting belonged to Gwendoline and Mary Davies, who bequeathed it to the museum in the 1950s. It has remained in our collection ever since.
Venice was of course a very popular subject matter for Monet and so it may be that you have a different painting in mind. I will pass on this enquiry to our curators in case they would like to add any information.
All the best,
Sara
Digital Team
I'm interested to know if the painting
San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight by
MONET, Claude (1840 - 1926)
still belongs to the museum?
It's interesting to know that the news I've read about this painting being one of the painting that has been seized by the USA investigation team on the corruption case linking to Malaysia's public funds company 1MDB .
Thank you .