Why it matters
A young woman and a little girl sit on a terrace above the Seine, with a basket of wool on the girl's lap. Renoir painted it on the terrace of the Maison Fournaise in Chatou, where he had just painted Luncheon of the Boating Party.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1881.
- The 'elder sister' was the 18-year-old future actress Jeanne Darlot; the models were not actually related.
- Durand-Ruel bought it for 1,500 francs and called it On the Terrace.
- It has been in the Art Institute of Chicago since 1933.
Based on the Wikipedia article Two Sisters (On the Terrace) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
