Wedding at the Louvre
1878
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1878
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a crowded Paris street at night: gas lamps glow, couples dance, and a bride in white laughs under a striped awning. This painting shows a scene from Émile Zola’s novel *L’Assommoir*. It’s a rare moment of joy in a story about hard lives. The artist worked with Zola to get the details right—even the way the light flickers on wet cobblestones. If you like this slice of old Paris, look up *subject: france* for more scenes of city life.
