Description
A young woman gazes out with dark, steady eyes, her chestnut hair swept up and tied with a black ribbon bow at the crown of her head. Her cheeks are flushed pink and her lips slightly parted, giving the portrait an immediate, direct presence. She wears a deep blue jacket over a white lace collar, with a dark cord necklace visible at her throat, set against a loosely brushed olive and tan background.
Renoir concentrates his most careful modeling on the face, built from warm pinks and creams, while the hair, jacket and background are handled with broader, more fluid strokes, a contrast typical of his portrait sketches from the 1870s.
This reproduction is available as a hand-painted oil or an archival canvas print, made to order in the size you choose and kept true to the proportions of Renoir’s original composition.



