Why it matters
Renoir painted the young daughter of a Paris porcelain manufacturer in one of his first commissions. It is probably his earliest surviving signed work, inspired by Velázquez's portrait of the Infanta Margarita in the Louvre.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1864.
- As a teenager Renoir had earned his living painting porcelain.
- It has been in the Cleveland Museum of Art since 1942.
Based on the Dutch Wikipedia article Portret van Romaine Lacaux (CC BY-SA 4.0).
