Riding in the bois de Boulogne

Allée cavalière au bois de Boulogne

Riding in the bois de Boulogne

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1873

Hamburger Kunsthalle

Hamburg, Germany

About this painting

This ambitious, over-life-size equestrian portrait of Madame Henriette Darras was rejected by the Salon jury of 1873, pushing Renoir further toward the independent exhibitions that would launch Impressionism.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

261.5 × 226 cm (103 × 89 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg

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