| On the Seine near Mantes | |
| Artist: | Richard Parkes Bonington |
| Year: | 1825 |
| Type: | Oil on canvas, landscape |
| Height Metric: | 51 |
| Width Metric: | 65 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Wallace Collection |
| City: | London |
On the Seine near Mantes is an 1825 landscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington.[1] [2] [3] Bonington settled in France and painted a number of views of France and Italy. His romantic landscapes enjoyed critical success before his death from consumption at the age of twenty five.
This painting depicts a view of the River Seine near Mantes-la-Jolie around thirty miles from the capital Paris. In the distance can be seen Notre Dame de Mantes and the fourteenth century tower of the Saint-Maclou Church. Today the work is in the Wallace Collection in London, having veen acquired by the Marquess of Hertford in 1860.[4]