![Alfred Sisley - A Boat in the Flood, Port Marly [1876]](http://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8771/28430215311_6eefe717d9_b.jpg)
In 1874, Sisley moved to Marly-le-Roi and became the chronicler of this village situated a few kilometres to the west of Paris. His most beautiful motif was when the Seine burst its banks and flooded the neighbouring village of Port-Marly in the spring of 1876. The artist produced six paintings of this event. He captured the great expanse of water with moving reflections that transformed the peaceful house of a wine merchant into something mysterious and poetic. Two of these paintings are in the Musée d’Orsay.
[Musée d’Orsay, Paris - Oil on canvas, 61 x 50.5 cm]