Auguste Rodin
Medium
Lithograph on off white wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 15 3/8 × 15 3/8 in. (39 × 39 cm) Sheet: 25 3/8 × 19 7/8 in. (64.5 × 50.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.82.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Auguste Renoir|Auguste Rodin · 1841–1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a founding figure of Impressionism whose luminous depictions of Parisian leisure, sensuous female forms, and sun-dappled landscapes made him one of the most beloved painters in Western art history. Born in Limoges to a working-class family, Renoir began as a porcelain painter before pursuing fine arts, and this early craft experience gave him facility with the...