Description
Seen from behind and slightly above, a young girl wears a wide yellow straw hat trimmed with a spray of pink and white flowers and a large coral-red bow that dominates the crown. Her blonde hair falls loose down her back over a simple white dress, while she turns her head just enough to reveal the edge of her profile.
Renoir builds the hat’s ribbon and flowers with thick, confident strokes of red and pink, letting the surrounding greenery blur into a soft, undefined haze of gold and green. The unusual back view turns the hat itself into the true subject of the painting, more than the girl who wears it.
This painting is available as a hand-painted oil reproduction or an archival canvas print, made to order in sizes true to the original proportions, held at the Barnes Foundation.



