City View with Bridge

French School, 19th Century
City View with Bridge
Oil on panel, signed “Maga Ruiz, 89”
16 W by 11 3/4 H in
11.5 W by 7.5 in H in

A delicate impressionistic cityscape depicting a river spanned by a stone bridge, with clustered buildings and towers rising in the hazy distance. The artist employs soft, fluid brushstrokes and a muted palette of greys, blues, and warm ochres to evoke the shimmering atmosphere of dusk. Light reflections ripple across the water, while the sky glows faintly with touches of pink and gold. Signed lower left, this refined plein-air study captures the poetic sensitivity of 19th-century French landscape painting. Presented in an ornate giltwood frame with inner linen mount.