The Hat Pin (Le chapeau épingle)
Auguste Renoir
1897
Medium
lithograph printed in red on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 62 x 49.3 cm (24 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.) sheet: 79.2 x 58.2 cm (31 3/16 x 22 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.16.211
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...