Skamandros (Scamander) en naakte vrouw

About this artwork

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Art Historical Context

In 1918, near the end of his life, Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir created *Skamandros (Scamander) en naakte vrouw*, an etching that captures his enduring fascination with the female form and classical mythology. At age 78, Renoir—despite severe arthritis that forced him to paint with a brush strapped to his arm—turned to printmaking, producing intimate works like this one. The title evokes the Scamander, a river god from Greek lore (Homer's *Iliad*), paired with a nude woman, blending sensual humanism with timeless myth in Renoir's signature soft, luminous style. This etching, mea...