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Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
The Daughters of Durand-Ruel, 1882
Oil on canvas, 32 x 25-3/4 inches
Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in Memory of Thelma Chrysler Foy

This is an oil on canvas painting. A double portrait of the two daughters of Jean-Marie-Fortuné Durand and his wife Marie Ruel, owners of a famous art gallery in Paris. Jeanne, the younger girl with her hat off, and Marie-Therese are posed on a garden bench dressed in light-colored summer frocks.

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