Description
Gabrielle aux seins nus shows the model seated close to the picture plane, her dark hair loosely pinned up, turning her head toward the viewer with a calm half smile. A loose cream and gold wrap has slipped from her shoulders, leaving her chest bare; she wears a beaded gold necklace at her throat and a slender pendant chain, and rests one hand near her chin, a ring visible on her finger.
Renoir paints the skin in warm, blended tones of pink and ochre, softer and less broken than his outdoor work, while the wrap is built from loose strokes of cream, gold, and white. The background is a warm, undefined field of red-brown and rust, keeping all the attention on the figure.
Painted in 1907, this canvas is reproduced as a hand-painted oil on canvas or as an archival print, offered in a range of sizes from an intimate desk-sized piece up to a larger wall format.



