1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Pont des Arts and the Louvre from the Quai Conti is a 1850 watercolor by David Cox, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a busy riverside scene with a bridge packed with people. On the left, a grand stone building has tall columns and arched windows. In the middle, a crowd walks across the bridge while boats float below. Some people hold umbrellas, and a few small animals wander near the water’s edge. The artist used soft, blended colors to show the hazy light over the river. The buildings in the background look like old palaces, and the bridge is lined with people dressed in old-fashioned clothes. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this painting in person.
A watercolour depicts the Pont des Arts bridge spanning the Seine, with the Louvre’s classical façade visible in the background, viewed from the Quai Conti. The work is executed in watercolour and is set within a wooden frame.
Read the full account in the museum source.
David Cox (29 April 1783 – 7 June 1859) was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of Impressionism.
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