Stanislas Lépine

Charles Bonnemaison, Paris (sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 April 1896, lot 33)
Jules Strauss, Paris (sale: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 15 December 1932, lot 47)
Jacques Watelin, Paris
Marlborough Fine Arts, London (by 1961)
Sir Kenneth Clark Collection, London; thence to Lady Clark (sale: Sotheby's, London, 24 June 1967, lot 4)
Hugh Ryder Collection, London
David Robarts, London
Estate of Lady Greene, Wickham House, Wickham, Berkshire; thence by descent
Sale: Chiswick Auctions, London, 27 August 2020, lot 104
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Robert & Manuel Schmit, Stanislas Lépine 1835-1892, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1993, p. 28, no. 63, catalogued & illustrated 

The present work was painted circa 1876-77 and depicts Pont Marie, a bridge which crosses the Seine and links the Île Saint-Louis to the quai de l'Hôtel de Ville. The bridge was first proposed in 1605 and finally approved nine years later by King Louis XIII, making it the oldest in Paris. The roof line of the Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu is visible in the distance. Lépine was greatly inspired by the River Seine and especially the bridges, as well as the old streets of Paris and Montmartre.