Description
She is shown half length against a deep red brown ground, and she is looking straight at you. She wears a black dress flecked with white, wide lapelled over a pale blue white chemisette, and a black hat trimmed with a plume of orange red and pale pink feathers that spills across the top of the canvas.
Drop earrings, a small gold star brooch at the throat and a second gold ornament below it are the only bright points on the figure. Her hair is dark with a fringe, her eyes are dark brown, and there is the faintest smile.
Renoir signed and dated at the upper left, in blue: Renoir. 80. The picture is built on three things only, the red ground, the black of the dress and hat, and the feathers, and the feathers are where all the painting energy went.



