Nini in the Garden (Nini Lopez)

Nini in the Garden (Nini Lopez)

Auguste Renoir

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Details

Date
1876
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
24 3/8 x 20 in. (61.9 x 50.8 cm)
Department
European Paintings
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 2002, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

Art Genome Taxonomy

9 tags

Subject Matter

  • Individual Portrait Both · 99%

    The museum catalog lists Portraits among the subjects, and the image clearly centers on a single seated woman.

  • Figures in Nature Both · 98%

    The catalog identifies Gardens as a subject, while the image shows a human figure situated within dense cultivated vegetation.

  • Flora Both · 97%

    The catalog subject Gardens is supported visually by the abundant leaves, flowering plants, and planted beds that dominate the composition.

Styles and Movements

  • Impressionism Interpretive · 92%

    Broken visible brushwork, luminous outdoor color, and the integration of figure and garden support an Impressionist reading; the supplied catalog does not provide a style classification.

Visual Qualities

  • Dense Composition Visual · 96%

    Vegetation, flowers, the seated figure, foreground planting, and background structures occupy nearly the entire picture surface, producing a visually dense composition.

Medium and Techniques

  • The foliage, flowers, clothing, and background are built from broad, clearly visible and varied strokes rather than tightly modeled passages.

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 100%

    The museum catalog specifies oil on canvas.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 100%

    The catalog date is 1876, placing the work in the nineteenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • French Art Metadata · 99%

    The artist is identified in the catalog as French.

Source & rights

Auguste Renoir. Nini in the Garden (Nini Lopez). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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