We look down on a few dozen people walking along the sidewalks of a wide, sunlit bridge in this almost square painting. The scene is loosely painted, which gives it a hazy, sun-dappled look and makes some details indistinct. The people wear black, white, light blue, or pale green jackets and pants or long dresses as they walk in all directions. Some wear hats, and a few women carry parasols. The bridge opens into a wide boulevard close to us, as the sidewalks angle into the lower corners of the composition. Several horse-drawn carriages move across the bridge alongside the people. The deck…
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Pont Neuf, Paris

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919)

1872

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 75.3 × 93.7 cm (29 5/8 × 36 7/8 in.) ; framed: 99.7 × 119.38 × 20.96 cm (39 1/4 × 47 × 8 1/4 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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