This painting depicts a riverbank with a large white bridge spanning across the water. On the left bank is a row of cream and tan buildings, their reflections visible on the gray water of the river below. Closer to us, on the right bank, people are engaged in activities on a sandy embankment. Two people in the bottom right corner sit among piles of white material, a small dog asleep on a cushion beside them. Farther away, a man and a dog sit by the water, and three men stand in a circle near a person sitting on the ground. The people are suggested with small, deliberate brushstrokes, and do…
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Pont de la Tournelle, Paris

Stanislas Lépine (French, 1835 - 1892)

1862

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 40.2 x 55.1 cm (15 13/16 x 21 11/16 in.) ; framed: 57.8 x 73 x 6.9 cm (22 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 2 11/16 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
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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