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
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...