The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne

A wooden footbridge spans the Seine at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, its reflected arch completing a perfect circle in the still water. Sisley, the most consistent landscape painter among the Impressionists, moved to this village north of Paris and produced a series of river views that capture the fleeting effects of light and weather with quiet, understated brilliance. The painting is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.