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The Pont de la Tournelle, Paris

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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Views of the Seine and its many bridges were a favourite subject for Stanislas-Victor-Edmond Lépine. The arched stone Pont de la Tournelle we see here connected the left bank of the river to the Ile Saint-Louis. It was constructed in 1654 and replaced in 1928 by the bridge that exists today. In this painting we are looking west. The tower in front of the Pont de la Tournelle is what remained of another bridge, the Pont de Constantine. The two towers, spire and apse of Notre-Dame Cathedral on the Ile de la Cité are centre-right in the distance. The tall structure on the horizon is probably the Eiffel Tower, built in 1889. Its presence dates the picture to the final years of Lépine’s life, almost 30 years later than it was previously believed to have been painted.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

The Pont de la Tournelle, Paris

Date

1862-4

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 13.7 x W 24.4 cm

Accession number

NG2727

Acquisition method

Presented by J.C.J. Drucker, 1910

Work type

Painting

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