Mademoiselle Sicot
Auguste Renoir
1865
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 116 x 89.5 cm (45 11/16 x 35 1/4 in.) framed: 141 x 113.7 cm (55 1/2 x 44 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.209
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...