The Milliner
Renoir’s slice-of-life street scene provides just enough detail to allow us to identify his young model as an apprentice milliner. Indicative of her junior status as a trottin or trotteuse (an errand girl or assistant), she is shown toting a hat box in front of a millinery shop, its colorful array of finery set in contrast to her demure dress and the simple rose adornment in her hair.
Artwork Details
- Title: 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
- Object Number: 1974.356.34
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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