Reclining Nude
Medium
Etching in red-brown (sanguine) on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 14 × 19.9 cm (5 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 14 × 19.9 cm (5 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 19.8 × 26.7 cm (7 13/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61852
About the Artist
Pierre-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...