Seated Bather
c. 1897
Medium
Color soft ground etching in blue on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.9 × 13.9 cm (8 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.); Plate: 21.9 × 13.7 cm (8 5/8 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 32.3 × 23.8 cm (12 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
soft-ground etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
22768
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...