798 - L. Couvreur, Paris Bank of the Seine with the Pont Marie and Houseboats

L. Couvreur, Paris Bank of the Seine with the Pont Marie and Houseboats Oil on panel, signed lower right, beneath it the monogram LC in a circle, view across the Seine towards a stone arched bridge whose piers carry niches with triangular pediments above the pilasters, at the left on the quay two moored houseboats with green-blue superstructure, behind the bridge a tall group of trees in summer green, at the right several houses with mansard roofs, the sky in cream and grey, the water animated in short strokes of blue, green and yellow, condition commensurate with age, stained in places, image 59.5x48 cm (HxW), framed, frame bumped, frame width 1.5 cm The niches above the pier pilasters are a characteristic feature of the Pont Marie, which connects the Ile Saint-Louis with the right bank of the Seine and was completed in 1635. Views of the Paris bridges over the Seine formed a market segment of their own from the late 19th century onwards and were continued by the painters working on the quays into the post-war period.