Oil paint on board
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-parkes-bonington-41" aria-label="More by Richard Parkes Bonington" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Richard Parkes Bonington</a>
Pont des Arts Paris
Bequeathed by P. Ralli 1961
architecture
boat, barge
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
France
house
natural features (non-UK)
Paris, Ile de la Cité
Paris, Pont des Arts
Paris, Quai du Louvre
places
residential
river
River Seine
society
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
water: inland
waterfront
<p>Bonington moved to Paris in 1818 but it appears to have been only towards the end of his life that he paid much attention to the city as a subject for his art. He is reported to have spent his last two months in Paris sketching scenes from a hired cab, perhaps in response to a commission to make drawings for a series of engraved views. This oil sketch of the Pont des Arts and the Ile de la Cité seen from the Quai du Louvre was probably painted a year or so earlier.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint board
4 September 2004 – 9 January 2005
2005-01-09
4 September 2004 – 9 January 2005
2005-01-09
2004-09-04
Statens Museum for Kunst (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2004-09-04
Turner and Constable and their European Contemporaries
Loan-out
The Pont des Arts, Paris
support: 356 × 451 mm
frame: 610 × 710 × 100 mm
Bequeathed by P. Ralli 1961
<p>Bonington moved to Paris in 1818 but it appears to have been only towards the end of his life that he paid much attention to the city as a subject for his art. He is reported to have spent his last two months in Paris sketching scenes from a hired cab, perhaps in response to a commission to make <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> for a series of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraved</span></a> views. This oil sketch of the Pont des Arts and the Ile de la Cité seen from the Quai du Louvre was probably painted a year or so earlier.</p>
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2004-09-02T00:00:00
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architecture boat, barge bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents France house natural features (non-UK) Paris, Ile de la Cité Paris, Pont des Arts Paris, Quai du Louvre places residential river River Seine society townscapes / man-made features transport: water waterfront water: inland