Auguste

Renoir

Venus, study for The Judgment of Paris
Circa 1909
Sanguine, pencil, and white chalk on paper
48.7 x 32.2 cm
Signed with monogram lower right
Certification :

Certificate of authenticity issued by the Wildenstein-Plattner Institute, October 13, 2020

Provenance :

Ambroise Vollard, Geneva. Galerie Roland, London. Collection of Mr. G.R. Kennerley, Cheshire. Crane Kalman Gallery, Manchester. Private collection, Manchester, acquired January 18, 1956. Swiss private collection.

Expositions :

London 1955/56, Crane Kalman Gallery, December-January 1955/56

Références :

This drawing is preparatory for the central subject of the painting The Judgment of Paris, housed at the Hiroshima Museum of Art in Japan.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Venus, study for The Judgment of Paris, 1909. Drawing depicting nude Venus, the central figure of the mythological scene The Judgment of Paris, with the model inspired by Gabrielle Renard. Work presented by Galerie AB.Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Venus, study for The Judgment of Paris, 1909, framed drawing presented by Galerie AB. The work depicts nude Venus, the central figure of The Judgment of Paris, in a composition inspired by classical tradition and studies housed at the Musée d'Orsay.

À propos de cette oeuvre

Comparable to the large drawing The Judgment of Paris  from 1908, housed at the Musée d'Orsay, as well as another  drawing of the same subject and technique, housed at the Phillips Memorial Gallery (Washington, United States).

Renoir developed this theme in reference to Raphael's work, whose engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi ensured its success.
It is known through Ambroise Vollard that Renoir had Gabrielle, his governess, pose as a model for Venus, the central subject of the work.

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