A high balcony looks out over the zinc roofs and chimneys of Paris at dusk. The Eiffel Tower glows amber in the distance, and countless small lit windows and streetlamps scatter warm points of light through the blue-grey city below.

Heavy, storm-colored clouds fill the sky, with a thin band of peach light left on the horizon. Loose, confident brushstrokes in the manner of impressionist oil painting give the scene a moody, romantic atmosphere.