Parisian boulevard with carriages

A Parisian boulevard on a grey day: horse-drawn carriages, an early motor car and strollers under the trees, with a triumphal arch closing the view. The painter catches the moment when the city was changing pace, and the soft, silvery light is typical of the Paris street scenes of the period. Oil, in a carved giltwood frame with a brass plaque reading "E. Pavil"; attributed to Élie Anatole Pavil (1873–1948). There is a small dark mark in the sky, upper left.