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Portrait of Renoir
About the Artwork
Frédéric Bazille painted this charming, poignant portrait of his close friend and fellow Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir at a time when he was sharing his studio with Renoir and Claude Monet. Although Bazille played an important role in the early development of Impressionism, he is not as well-known as his colleagues due to his early death at age 28 while serving in the French army during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Provenance
1867–?: Family of the artist Montpellier, France; after 1867–?: Marc Bazille, brother of the artist, Montpellier, France; after 1867–?: to his son, André Bazille, the artist's nephew, Montpellier, France; c. 1870–probably c. 1960: to his daughter, Madame Jean Rachou (née André Bazille), the artist's nephew’s daughter; probably c. 1960–?: Private collection, France, acquired from Madame Jean Rachou (née André Bazille), Montpellier, France; after 1960–before 2017: Private Collection, France, by descent from the above; 2017–2021: Private collection, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2021–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Frédéric Bazille (French, 1841–1870)
- Date
- 1867
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 40.5 x 32.5 cm (15 15/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 2021.134
More by Frédéric Bazille in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009865
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