In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
During the early decades of his career, Pierre-Auguste Renoir supported himself doing portrait commissions. This little girl is the daughter of Paul Durand-Ruel, the great impressionist dealer from whom Albert Barnes bought almost half his Renoirs. The painting is a good example of how Renoir seemed to embrace the traditions of painting while also pushing against them: the colors are experimental and modern—note the sweeps of purple in the girl's hair—while the overall format recalls the conventions of 17th-century court portraiture.
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Auguste Renoir — The Dancer
Auguste Renoir — Young Woman (La Servante)
Auguste Renoir — A Girl with a Watering Can
Auguste Renoir — By the Seashore
Gustav Klimt — Serena Pulitzer Lederer (1867–1943)
Édouard Manet — Young Girl on a Bench (Fillette sur un banc)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) — Romaine Lacaux
Édouard Manet — Young Girl on a Bench (Fillette sur un banc)
Edgar Degas — Portrait after a Costume Ball (Portrait of Mad
Paul Cézanne — Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) i
Auguste Renoir — Head of a Young Girl
Édouard Manet — Woman in Evening Dress
