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View of the Institut de France from the Foot of the Pont Royal

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Date

1870

Artist

Henri-Joseph Harpignies (1819-1916)

Collection

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Image Link

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.287

Description

This watercolor belongs to a series of views of Paris which Harpignies painted just before the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War. Although Harpignies is often placed with the artists of the Barbizon school, he did not work in Fontainebleau—although he was influenced by the compositions of Camille Corot (also in this gallery). A talented and influential watercolorist, Harpignies’s primary subjects were landscapes and views of Paris. In this sheet, the artist records a view from the Bois de Boulogne, a famous park on the western edge of Paris.
Inscription: signed, lower left, in brown watercolor: h j harpignies Mai 1870. ; VERSO, lower center, in graphite: 38 3 [last 3 underlined and superscript] x 45 3 [3 underlined and superscript] ; lower center, in black ink: [li?] 3308 vx/sx
Medium: watercolor
Dimensions: Sheet: 23.9 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer
Accesion Number: 1946.287

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Location

Bois de Boulogne, France

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