The Metropolitan Museum of Art Renoir Dog Plush

24,00 USD

Description

This adorable friend is the perfect art gift for kids. This lovable plush pup comes from a charming family portrait painted in 1878 by the great Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Pictured with the beloved family dog is Marguérite-Louise Lemonnier-the wife of the well-connected publisher Georges Charpentier-and her children, Georgette-Berthe and Paul-Émile-Charles, in the Japanese-style sitting room of her Parisian townhouse. As the French novelist Marcel Proust observed, Renoir gave expression to "the poetry of an elegant home and the beautiful dresses of our time." The stylish Marguérite, who hosted elite literary salons attended by Flaubert and Zola, among others, used her sway to ensure that this painting enjoyed pride of place at the Salon of 1879.