Jean Dufy was a French painter of Parisian society, country scenes, circuses, stages and orchestras. In this image the Eiffel Tower juts into a blue sky and provides the high point of the skyline and the composition. The Seine flows towards the viewer through the heart of the city, and Dufy depicts two of the more than thirty bridges that span the river. A smattering of brightly painted boats, including a steamer and one of the ubiquitous tourist bateaux, cruise through this scene. Dufy revels in a poetic vision of Paris, the city he worked, lived, and loved.