A Nymph by a Stream

Nymphe à la source

A Nymph by a Stream

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1870

National Gallery

London, United Kingdom

About this painting

Renoir merged classical mythology with contemporary portraiture here, posing his lover and favorite model Lise Tréhot as a river nymph reclining beside the water.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

66.5 × 124 cm (26.2 × 48.8 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

National Gallery, London

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