Gezicht op de Porte Saint-Honoré te Parijs 1689 - 1701

This 17th-century view of the Porte Saint-Honoré in Paris, a city gate built by King Louis XIV, is by Dutch artist Laurens Scherm. This meticulously detailed watercolor painting shows the grandeur of the city as well as its everyday life, with carriages and figures bustling on the street. The painting, part of the Rijksmuseum collection, uses a bird's-eye perspective to emphasize the monumentality of the city gate and the surrounding buildings, making it a prime example of 17th-century Dutch cityscape art.