Copy painting hand-painted of the artwork
An Autumn Day at Bassin de Flore (Wegener)

Gerda Wegener offers us here a melancholy and golden vision of the gardens of Versailles. Far from the Parisian bustle, the artist focuses on the Bassin de Flore, where the bronze sculpture of the goddess, surrounded by cherubs, seems to bask in the low light of an autumn day. The trees in the background form a canopy of foliage in ocher and yellow hues, creating a hushed and majestic atmosphere. A white swan, solitary and graceful, glides on the dark water of the basin, adding a note of poetry and silence to the scene. The touch is more impressionistic here, playing with reflections on the water and the texture of stone and metal. It is a work that invites contemplation, evoking the passage of time and the immutable beauty of places steeped in history.