Le Béal
c. 1912
Oil on canvas
43 × 50 cm (16.9 × 19.7 in)
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● On view now — Collection Gallery, Room 14, South Wall
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026
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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Barely perceptible among the profusion of vegetation in this landscape are two female figures at center right, one standing under a tree and the other kneeling by the stream, possibly washing laundry. The setting is the Béal, a tributary of the river Cagnes near Renoir's home Les Collettes. The indistinctness of the figures highlights the way Renoir thought of them as part of the natural beauty of the scene.
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