Two Young Girls at the Piano
Auguste Renoir
1892
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
44 × 34 in. (111.8 × 86.4 cm) Framed: 57 3/8 × 47 in. (145.7 × 119.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.201
Tags
GirlsPianosMusic
About the Artist
Auguste Renoir · 1841–1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), born in Limoges to a modest tailor's family, displayed prodigious talent early on, apprenticed at age thirteen to the Lévy Frères porcelain factory in Paris after his family relocated there in 1845. There, he decorated fine china with floral designs, fans, and religious hangings, honing his skills in color and draftsmanship. By 1862, having saved enough, Renoir s...