View of the Institut de France from the Foot of the Pont Royal (1870): Art, History and Details

View of the Institut de France from the Foot of the Pont Royal (1870) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Henri Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819–1916).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This watercolor belongs to a series of views of Paris which Harpignies painted just before the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War. Although Harpignies is often placed with the artists of the Barbizon school, he did not work in Fontainebleau—although he was influenced by the compositions of Camille Corot (also in this gallery). A talented and influential watercolorist, Harpignies’s primary subjects were landscapes and views of Paris. In this sheet, the artist records a view from the Bois de Boulogne, a famous park on the western edge of Paris.

Object facts

• Title: View of the Institut de France from the Foot of the Pont Royal
• Date: 1870
• Creator attribution: Henri Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819–1916)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: watercolor
• Dimensions: Sheet: 23.9 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1946.287

Collection credit

In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer

Further reading listed by the museum

• https://www.google.com/maps/place/Institut+de+France/@48.8572229,2.3369757,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x5d84e08438fab869!8m2!3d48.8572229!4d2.3369757
• Milkovich, Michael. Henri-Joseph Harpignies: Paintings and Watercolors. Exh. Cat. Memphis: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 1979.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.