In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Like many of Renoir's paintings, Bather and Maid presents a fantasy of the female nude in perfect harmony with nature, free from the constraints of modern life. The subject looks totally at ease in her surroundings, sitting comfortably on soft fabric as an attendant combs out her long locks. Cast-off garments fill out the left foreground, heightening the contrast between the natural and the artificial, between the nude body and fussy modern attire.
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Auguste Renoir — Nude
Auguste Renoir — Young Girl Bathing
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) — Bathers Playing 
Auguste Renoir — Bather Arranging Her Hair
Edgar Degas — Woman Having Her Hair Combed
Georges Seurat — Models (Poseuses)
Edgar Degas — Woman Having Her Hair Combed
Edgar Degas — Woman Combing Her Hair
Édouard Manet — Bathers on the Seine
Auguste Renoir — Reclining Nude
William Glackens — Sleeping Girl
Gustave Courbet — The Young Bather
