This painting displays a side profile of a young child, with their head turned to the left. The child has soft facial features, pale skin, rosy cheeks, and light brown hair styled in a bun. They are wearing a white garment that drapes off their shoulders. They appear to be carried in the arm of a figure on the left whose face we can't see. There is the suggestion of another figure on the right side, and the background is a gray-blue color. The paint has been applied thickly with large brushstrokes, giving the scene a blurred quality and obscuring small details.
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Young Girl Reading

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919)

c. 1888

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 14.8 x 10.7 cm (5 13/16 x 4 3/16 in.) ; overall size: 15.5 x 11 cm (6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.) ; framed: 30.8 x 29.5 x 5.1 cm (12 1/8 x 11 5/8 x 2 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
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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