Young Girl Reading
c. 1888
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
painted surface: 14.8 x 10.7 cm (5 13/16 x 4 3/16 in.) overall size: 15.5 x 11 cm (6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.) framed: 30.8 x 29.5 x 5.1 cm (12 1/8 x 11 5/8 x 2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.71
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...