During work on a recent project, we found ourselves in a stunning apartment overlooking the Place Dauphine to one side and the Pont Neuf to the other.  From this second floor apartment we were completely enchanted to be able to enjoy the very view Camillle Pissaro felt compelled to record in this painting, which is now housed in the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois. Pissaro painted numerous works from different rooms he rented in Paris. Many were painted here on the Ile de la Cité showing this little park with a statue of Henry IV in the center. Here is the view from that same window today!

Painting:

Camille Pisarro (1830-1903)

‘Statue of Henri IV, Morning, Winter sunlight, 1900’

Oil on canvas
29 x 36 3/4 inches

Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois.

Photo: taken from 2nd floor appartment of 28 Place Dauphine, 75001. February 2012.