This painting depicts a riverbank over which a stone bridge stretches. In the distance, Notre-Dame cathedral is visible in the center of the painting. The cathedral's silhouette stands out against the soft gray and blue sky. It is painted in shades of gray, with some hints of seafoam green and rosy pink. Closest to us, on the bottom left, is a group of people standing by a staircase that leads up to the stone bridge. A cart and horse are nearby on the right, standing by the edge of the water. The bridge is filled with a crowd of figures, including people, horses, and carts. The people in the…
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Notre Dame de Paris

painter Robert William Vonnoh (American, 1858 - 1933)

c. 1890

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 76.2 × 91.44 cm (30 × 36 in.) ; framed: 102.87 × 117.79 × 6.35 cm (40 1/2 × 46 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Bessie Potter Vonnoh Keyes, 1955)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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