San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk is an oil painting by Claude Monet that was painted in 1908. The painting is owned by National Museum Cardiff, the national art gallery of Wales.
The painting received substantial public attention as the focus of John McTiernan's 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, a heist film where the painting (identified as being worth $100 million) is stolen by a billionaire, played by Pierce Brosnan. It is sometimes known as Dusk in Venice, or Sunset in Venice. San Giorgio Maggiore is an island off of the coast of Venice, Italy.
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 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'.
The original was created in 1908 and depicts a view of the San Georgio monastery island visible from the south-eatern end of Venice. Join Monet and his wife as they enjoy a splendid gondola ride with the sunset in the background. Today this masterpiece has been carefully recreated detail-by-detail, color-by-color to near perfection. Why settle for a print when you can add sophistication to your rooms with a beautiful fine gallery reproduction oil painting? |