If painter Jan van Eyck's marriage picture is solemn and Henri Rousseau's more than a little grim, Marc Chagall's Bride and Groom of the Eiffel Tower might best be described as a romantic fantasy. Chagall, who was Russian-born, lived and worked in Paris for long periods during his career. The Paris skyline was a beloved vista, so he portrays his bride and groom, in their wedding garb, floating past a solid blue version of the Eiffel Tower. The couple appear to be carried on the back of a giant bird, a favorite motif of Chagall's, perhaps symbolizing spiri union. Other images refer to the roots in a Russian-lewish center left is a tiny rendering of the wedding scene, under the canopy prescribed by Jewish rites. There are two fiddlers-another favorite motif one superimposed over the bird, one seemingly perched on the tree.