Claude Monet once said, “Venice… no…I will not go to Venice.” Thankfully, his wife, Alice, insisted and in 1908 Claude finally relented. The couple’s 10-week visit resulted in Claude capturing the city’s shimmering canals, vistas of Venice as seen from his hotel room window, and some of the city’s iconic buildings, including The Palazzo Ducale, which he painted from a gondola floating at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Bacino di San Marco. Along with other radiant artworks from acros