View of Verona

Aleksander Gierymski arrived in Verona in the late 1890s and the Italian city became one of his most important late subjects, its Roman ruins, medieval architecture, and Italian light providing him with very different material from the Warsaw river scenes that had made his early reputation. This view of Verona from 1900 belongs to a sustained series of Italian city views that Gierymski made in his final years, as he moved between Verona, Rome, and other Italian cities while his mental and physical health deteriorated. Verona's particular combination of Roman ruins, Scaligeri Gothic architecture, and the Adige river gave his eye multiple types of structure and light to engage with simultaneously. The National Museum in Warsaw holds this alongside his other Italian views.

Gierymski renders the Veronese cityscape with the broken, luminous touch of a painter thoroughly engaged with French Impressionism, while retaining his characteristic interest in the specific textures of old masonry and the complex spatial relationships of an ancient city. Warm Italian light unifies the composition.