I mislabeled a painting.
To note yesterday's holiday the blog went with one of Monet's Festival of 30 June 1878 paintings.
The date isn't the problem, I wanted a pic of the tri-color and despite it not representing a Bastille Day scene, thought that with the label folks would understand that we understood.
Ahem.
This morning I looked at the painting and wondered why it seemed so dark so I went to the website of the Musée d'Orsay and "ah crap".
That's the Rue St. Denis, not the Rue Montorgueil and it hangs at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen.
It's the fraternal twin of the pic I was going for:
La rue Montorgueil à Paris. Fête du 30 juin 1878
[The Rue Montorgueil in Paris. Celebration of June 30, 1878]
Which is at the Musée d'Orsay.
Someone should let the The Paris Review know as well.
However, the fact they got it wrong doesn't matter, we are responsible for our little corner of the internet.
You Trusted Me and I Failed You
Regret the error.
I should maybe have just gone with the guy flying around above the crowd:
