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Collection Online as of May 14, 2026

A horizontally oriented oil painting depicts a stone cathedral with twin towers and a spire rising over a row of rust-colored trees. Below, a stone bridge spans a river. In the sandy foreground, a woman wearing a white cap walks near a dog and two men. To the right, a man in a long coat stands by the water. Feathered brushwork renders a pale blue sky filled with a flock of birds.

Notre Dame Seen from the Quai de la Tournelle

c. 1897/1902

Jean-François Raffaëlli

(French, 1850–1924)
France, late 19th-early 20th Century
oil on fabric
Framed: 85.5 x 101.5 x 9 cm (33 11/16 x 39 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 65 x 81.2 cm (25 9/16 x 31 15/16 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Myron E. Merry 1953.649
Location: Not on view
  • Mrs. H. E. Hayes, Cleveland, by 1913. Ralph King, Cleveland. Lent to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 27 September 1916-31 January 1919, and 4 June 1924-3 November 1924. Mrs. Myron E. Merry. Given to the CMA in 1953.
  • Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 511-512, Vol. II, no. 178
  • Possibly New York, American Art Galleries. Works of Jean-F. Raffaëlli (1895), no. 4, Notre Dame of Paris.
    Possibly New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries. Catalogue of Paintings, Drypoints, and Etchings printed in Color. By Jean-François Raffaëlli (1899), no. 17, Notre-Dame of Paris; or no. 31, Notre Dame of Paris, the Embankments.
    CMA. French Paintings of the Later Nineteenth Century (1921), no cat.; lent by Ralph King.
    Cleveland, Kinney and Levan Building. The Cleveland Art Loan Exhibition under the Auspices of the Cleveland School of Art (1913), no. 140c, Notre Dame, Paris, lent by Mrs. H. E. Hayes (for sale).
    Possibly Paris, Galerie Georges Petit. Exposition J.-F. Raffaëlli (1909), no. 60, Notre-Dame de Paris; no. 137, Notre-Dame de Paris, appartient à M. Durand-Ruel; no. 186, Notre-Dame de Paris.
    Possibly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Catalogue of Works of Jean-François Raffaëlli (1900), no. 10, Notre-Dame of Paris, the Embankments.
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