A young woman with peachy skin shaded with ice blue and pale, mint green is shown from the chest up wearing a low-cut, white garment in this vertical portrait painting. The painting is created with blended brushstrokes, giving it a soft, blurred effect. The woman’s body is angled to our left and she looks off in that direction with blue eyes, her head tipped a little toward us. She has a straight nose and full, rosy pink lips. Thick, blond bangs sweep across her forehead, and her hair is partially pulled back. She holds one long lock with her left hand, on our right, in front of her…
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Young Woman Braiding Her Hair

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919)

1876

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 55.5 x 46 cm (21 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.) ; framed: 76.8 x 68 x 7 cm (30 1/4 x 26 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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