Struck by the majesty of the old aqueduct that led the water from the Seine to the Versailles Park, Sisley emphasizes its perspective in the manner of Corot in his views of the Roman countryside. Note the importance of the sky, a summer sky "with the beautiful white moving clouds. What movement, what pace, is not it? It is the effect of the wave when you are at sea. It exalts, it carries along"(A. Sisley)