- 1197
A French four-fold painted canvas screen depicting a stylized view of the Pont Neuf and the Place Dauphine in Paris; the reverse decorated with foliate scrolls, 19th century
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Wood, paint
- height 72 in.; width of each panel 21 3/4 in.
- 183 cm; 55 cm
Catalogue Note
The scene is based on the popular satirical engraving L'embaras de Paris (le Pont Neuf) by Nicolas Guérard (c.1648–1719) depicting early 18th-century traffic congestion in central Paris.