The Pont-Neuf over the Seine, 1918
Auguste Louis Lepèreexpand_more
Lithograph on Japanese-style paperexpand_more
Bequest of Harry Drakeexpand_more 2013.35.585
Not on Viewexpand_more
Of the 845 artworks that Harry Drake left to Mia, 100 were prints and drawings by Auguste Lepère. This late work, published shortly after Lepère’s death, depicts some of Paris’s oldest sights. In the foreground, two steamy laundry boats are moored in front of The Louvre Museum. Today those boats would be an almost unimaginably gritty intrusion for the tourists who now swarm the area. Beyond is the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), which remains—as it was in Lepère’s time—the oldest bridge in Paris. The statue at one end, of a horse and rider, is a monument to Henri IV (1553–1610), a king celebrated for his efforts to improve the lives of his subjects.
Details
- Title
- The Pont-Neuf over the Seine
- Artist Life
- Paris 1849–Domme, Dordogne 1918
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.35.585
- Provenance
- [Richard Reed Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago, until 1995; sold in March for POLT, to Drake]; Harry Drake, St. Paul (1995-d. 2012; bequeathed to MIA)
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Saunier 615 ii/ii
- Curator Approved
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