Shown from about the waist up, a young woman wearing white sits in an armchair cuddling a brown and black striped cat in this vertical painting. The scene is painted with blended brushstrokes, giving it a soft look. The wall behind them is seafoam green, and the edge of a yellow floral curtain lines the left edge of the canvas. The woman’s body is angled to our right and she looks at the cat with dark eyes. The woman’s light brown hair is pulled up, and her pale skin is accentuated by rosy cheeks. Her bare arms enfold the cat, held upright against the left side of her body so its head rests…
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Woman with a Cat

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919)

c. 1875

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 56 x 46.4 cm (22 1/16 x 18 1/4 in.) ; framed: 85.1 x 75.9 x 7.6 cm (33 1/2 x 29 7/8 x 3 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin E. Levy
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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