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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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