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Jean Béraud (French painter) 1849 - 1935
A Windy Day on the Pont des Arts, ca. 1880-81
oil on canvas
15 5/8 x 22 1/4 in. (39.7 x 56.5 cm.)
signed and inscribed: (lower right) JeanBéraud.; (center) FETE / DE SEVRES / . . .
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States of America

This painting of about 1880–81 depicts the Pont des Arts, a footbridge spanning the Seine between the Institut de France and the Cour Carrée of the Louvre. Béraud positioned himself on the Quai du Louvre; the cupola of the Institut is visible in the background.

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There is an earlier version of this composition in a private collection (Offenstadt 1999, no. 168bis), as well as two other paintings by Béraud depicting the Pont des Arts: "Pretty Artist, Pont des Arts" (private collection; Offenstadt no. 166) and "Quai de la Seine, near the Pont des Arts" (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow; Offenstadt no. 167).