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Le Pont-Neuf
Le Pont Neuf
Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1872
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
About this painting
To capture this bustling view of Paris's oldest bridge, Renoir rented a café balcony for the day; his brother Edmond stalled passersby below and appears twice in the finished scene, cane and straw hat in hand.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.3 × 93.7 cm (29.6 × 36.9 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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