Marie Murer

Auguste Renoir

National Gallery of Art

This painting is an oval portrait of a woman from the waist up. She faces us with her head slightly tilted to one side and resting on her right hand, her right elbow bent on a brown surface. She has pale skin, rosy cheeks, red lips in a slight smile, and brown hair in an updo and adorned with a white bow. She is wearing a light-colored garment with a red adornment on the right side, perhaps a flower or a brooch, as well as a dark necklace with a cross-shaped pendant, a gold bracelet on her left wrist, and a ring on her pinky finger. The background on the left consists of swirling colors in blues and greens, while the right contains a tall brown object that could be a dresser or a desk. The brushstrokes are thick and visible.