monet painted the doge's palace from several viewpoints during his three-month sojourn in venice

painting art ruins waterway wall vehicle transport tree reflection river rock history wood track autumn wetland terrain impressionist work painted dappled brushstrokes bright palette pinks yellows blues bathed warm light roughly divided two horizontal zones upper depicts pink white diamond patterned stonework venetian gothic palace walls pierced arched windows colonnaded arcades lower floors blue sky lion venice column piazzetta marco ponte della paglia prison prigioni nuove building rippling waters lagoon buildings monet viewpoints