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Nelson Norris Bickford (1846–1943)
In the Tuileries Garden, Paris, 1881
Oil on panel; 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Promised Gift of The Hon. Marilyn L. Mennello and Michael A. Mennello
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The Tuileries, on the Right Bank, was once the site of a palace that had been destroyed in the political upheaval of 1871, and its ruins still stood nearby. Auguste-Nicolas Cain's Tiger and Crocodile (ca. 1875), one of the sculptures that had recently been installed, presides in the background. Bickford's training at the Académie Julian is evident in the deliberate composition, meticulous detail, and high degree of finish.
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