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San Giorgio Maggiore, Twilight

Artist: MONET, Claude (1840 - 1926)

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'. Venice, he claimed, was too beautiful to paint. This work was purchased by Gwendoline Davies in 1912, directly from Monet's exhibition of his Venetian Scenes in Paris. Monet painted this view in series, and it may look familiar to fans of 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair.

San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 2485

Creation/Production

MONET, Claude
Role: Creation
Date: 1908

Acquisition

Bequest, 10/4/1952

Measurements

Height: 65.2cm
Width: 92.4cm
h(cm) frame:80.5
w(cm) frame:108.5
d(cm) frame:8.5

Techniques

canvas

Material

oil

Location

Gallery 16

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Paentiad | Painting Celf Gain | Fine Art Celf ar y Cyd (100 Artworks) Davies sisters Celf Cymru Gyfan - ArtShare Wales Tirwedd | Landscape Camlas | Canal Mynachlog | Monastery Machlud | Sunset Argraffiadaeth | Impressionism CADP content

Comments - (42)

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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales Staff
26 October 2021, 16:03

Hi Clare,

This work can be found on display in Gallery 16, the French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Gallery. Please do however check the website before you travel for up to date information on Gallery closures.

We hope you enjoy your visit.

Clare
19 October 2021, 19:37
Hi - is this painting, the San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight currently on display at the museum?

thanks
Marc Haynes Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales Staff
30 July 2018, 17:01
Hi Mike,

I’m very sorry that you were disappointed on your visit. This work isn’t currently on display because its usual place is taken by two paintings by Renoir on loan from the National Gallery, 'A Pair of Dancing Girls with Musical Instruments'. I have discussed this with our Art department and we expect that 'San Giorgio Maggiore, Twilight' will be back on display in early August.

Best wishes,

Marc
Digital Team
Mike
29 July 2018, 15:03
Hi. It’s the end of July 2018 just wondering when this painting will return as it stated above that it would have returned by June 2018? Only it’s not there today and I came a long way to see it.

Rgds

Mike
Shunji Funaki
30 March 2017, 16:47
Seventy works National Museum Cardiff owns will be shown at a gallery in Hiroshima from 1st April through 28th May. One of them is "San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight". In addition, Rossetti's "Fair Rosamund" will be on display. It is interesting to note that he was a poet.

Sara Huws Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales Staff
6 February 2017, 12:18

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

Sara Huws Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales Staff
6 February 2017, 10:28

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

Tony Jackson
3 February 2017, 16:25
I read in another comment that the Monet painting "San Giorgio di Maggiore by Twilight" is on an international tour and will not be back in the museum until mid 2018. Can you tell me anything about this tour? This is my favorite painting and I would love to see it if possible. Thank you for your assistance.
Amgueddfa Cymru
2 December 2016, 09:47
Dear Natalie P,
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
Natalie P.
1 December 2016, 04:09
Will the San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight be on display in this museum on January 4, 2017?
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