The Braid

La Natte

The Braid

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1886

Museum Langmatt Sidney and Jenny Brown Foundation

Baden, Switzerland

About this painting

Renoir's model was the painter Suzanne Valadon, whom he transformed from a fair-haired Parisian into a dark-eyed 'Italienne' peasant girl for this 1886-87 work, nicknamed the 'Langmatt Mona Lisa.'

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

57 × 47 cm (22.4 × 18.5 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Museum Langmatt Sidney and Jenny Brown Foundation, Baden

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