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An 1876 oil on canvas, Flood at Port-Marly, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. The artist produced a series of six canvases capturing the flooding of the Seine at Port-Marly, a catastrophe that occurred in the spring of that year. He shows moody skies pressing down upon the floodwaters in typically subdued light. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen)
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Rouen, M. d. B. (2022, May 25). Flood at Port-Marly by Sisley. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15937/flood-at-port-marly-by-sisley/
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Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts,. "Flood at Port-Marly by Sisley." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 25, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15937/flood-at-port-marly-by-sisley/.
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Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts,. "Flood at Port-Marly by Sisley." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 25 May 2022. Web. 21 Dec 2024.
