In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
The child here is probably Renoir's youngest son, Claude, at about age four, strolling with his nursemaid, Renée Jolivet. He painted this portrait in Essoyes, a small village that was the hometown of Renoir's wife, Aline, and where the Renoir family often spent summers. The large canvas straddles the categories of genre and portraiture. When this painting was exhibited in Paris in 1906, one critic said it confirmed Renoir's evolution from an impressionist to an heir of the great European painting tradition.
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Édouard Manet — Young Woman in a Garden (Jeune femme dans un
Auguste Renoir — Girl with a Hoop
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) — Laundress and He
Auguste Renoir — Woman in a Park
Claude Monet — Girl with Dog
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) — The Apple Seller
William Glackens — Lenna with Basket of Flowers
Édouard Manet — Laundry (Le Linge)
Claude Monet — The Stroller (Suzanne Hoschedé, later Mrs. Th
Camille Pissarro — Woman and Child at the Well
Arthur Davies — Flora
