In 1874, Alfred Sisley (French Impressionist painter, 1839-1899) 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.