The Reader

La Liseuse

The Reader

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1876

Musée d'Orsay

Paris, France

About this painting

Renoir painted this intimate portrait of a young reader between 1874 and 1876; it entered the national collection through Gustave Caillebotte's landmark bequest of Impressionist works.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

46.5 × 38.5 cm (18.3 × 15.2 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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