Description
Renoir paints young Joseph Durand-Ruel seated close to the viewer, his gaze direct and calm. He wears a heavy brown jacket over a tan waistcoat, a white cravat knotted high at his throat, and a fine watch chain looped at his waist; in his hands he holds a folded paper or small book resting on his knee.
The background is loosely brushed in soft grey and mauve tones, keeping all attention on the sitter’s face, framed by short dark hair and a light mustache. The paint is applied in broad, confident strokes typical of Renoir’s portraits of the early 1880s, when he painted several members of the Durand-Ruel family, his dealer’s household.
What is offered here is not the original portrait but a faithful reproduction: a hand-painted oil version on canvas, recreated stroke by stroke by a professional painter, or an archival canvas print made with fade-resistant pigment inks, available in a range of sizes from close to the original 81 by 65 cm canvas up to a larger wall feature.



