# The Palazzo Ducale in Venice

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 55 x 66 cm

## Commentary

When Renoir first visited Venice in 1881, he was drawn to one of its most famous sights: the façade of the Doge&#39;s Palace across from the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. This view was very popular with artists; Renoir joked that &#34;there were at least six of us queuing up to paint it.&#34; The buildings are painted with considerable accuracy, the soft pinks and creams of their sunlit walls contrasting with the rich blue of the sky and reflecting in the undulating waters of the canal.

## Related artworks

- [A Box at the Theater \(At the Concert\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/a-box-at-the-theater-at-the-concert-r3d73c3cfafe225>)
- [Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/acrobats-at-the-cirque-fernando-r3e584eea8bcd3a>)
- [After the Bath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/after-the-bath-r0ee2a58ef7fc88>)
- [At the Luxembourg Garden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/at-the-luxembourg-garden-r2c98d101dade5c>)
- [At the Theatre \(La Première Sortie\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/at-the-theatre-la-premire-sortie-ra4574a40cb07a2>)
- [Banks of the Seine at Champrosay](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/banks-of-the-seine-at-champrosay-r6783057f1537c1>)
- [Bather Arranging her Hair](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/bather-arranging-her-hair-r725f2f4160635a>)
- [Bather \(Grande Baigneuse\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/bather-grande-baigneuse-r0b00da3f56dfa0>)
- [Bather](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/bather-rcacf73894ba7f5>)
- [Blossoming Chestnut Tree](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/blossoming-chestnut-tree-rb7036430c43b23>)
- [Bouquet of Chrysanthemums](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/bouquet-of-chrysanthemums-re4f9cbda18cd72>)
- [By the Seashore](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renoir-pierre-auguste-r5afa2bfca6b14e/by-the-seashore-r67498d81f9f04e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)