Paris: Place Vendôme

This fine art print portrays Place Vendôme, the celebrated square in Paris known for its harmonious classical architecture and the monumental Vendôme Column. In this scene, the post-Impressionist painter Édouard Manet appears gazing from a window, a subtle nod to the square’s connections with French artistic and cultural life. Robert W. Lockwood’s original oil painting brings together the grandeur of the setting and the intimacy of an artist’s presence within it.