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Henri Rousseau / Notre Dame

Notre Dame

1909 · Oil on canvas

The towers of Notre-Dame rise over the Seine at dusk, with small figures on the quay in Rousseau's crisp, naive style.

LocationWashington, D.C., United States
Genrecityscape
Dimensions32.7 × 41.0 cm

Why it matters

Rousseau painted Notre-Dame cathedral seen from the Quai Henri IV in Paris, in his naïve style.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1909.
  • It is a city view in oil on canvas.
  • It is in the Phillips Collection in Washington.

Based on the French Wikipedia article Notre-Dame vue du quai Henri IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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