The Milliner

The Milliner
The Milliner

Artist:Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer)
Date:1877
Medium:Pastel on paper
Dimensions:21 x 16 1/4 in. (53.3 x 41.3 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973

Like Degas, Renoir depicted Parisian milliners in the late 1870s and 1880s. Whereas Degas derived humor from the activity of buying a hat, Renoir focused on the charms of the young salesgirls.
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