Dozens of pale-skinned men and women, mostly wearing black and charcoal gray, walk or ride in horse-drawn carriages through a busy street lined with buildings in this vertical painting. Most of the people are men, and most of them wear thigh- or knee-high coats and black top hats. A few wear navy blue, brown, or gray, but most are in black. The few women wear long skirts under tight, narrow-waisted bodices, gloves, and hats. The person closest to us, to our left of center, is a woman in a midnight-blue jacket, brown gloves, and a black hat. She holds two round hat boxes, one white and one…
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Paris, rue du Havre

Jean Béraud (French, 1849 - 1936)

c. 1882

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 35.2 x 27.3 cm (13 7/8 x 10 3/4 in.) ; framed: 47.6 x 39.4 x 5.4 cm (18 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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