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Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Child's Bust, Turned to the Right
Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Child's Bust, Turned to the Right

1908

Employing softground etching's characteristic painterly quality, Renoir achieves remarkable tenderness in this child portrait that rivals the warmth of his oil paintings.

Medium
softground etching

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Child's Bust, Turned to the Right, 1908

Employing softground etching's characteristic painterly quality, Renoir achieves remarkable tenderness in this child portrait that rivals the warmth of his oil paintings.

Medium
softground etching
Year
1908
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Intimate, French, Softground Etching, Head Study, Impressionism, Early Twentieth Century, Child, Portrait, Modern, Black and White

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums