Madame Henriot
c. 1876
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
painted surface: 65.8 x 49.5 cm (25 7/8 x 19 1/2 in.) stretcher size: 68.8 x 53.6 cm (27 1/16 x 21 1/8 in.) framed: 102.9 x 87 cm (40 1/2 x 34 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc.
Accession Number
1961.3.1
About the Artist
Auguste Renoir · 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...