Playing a Piano at Renoir's Home

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                           © RMN-Grand Palais (musée d’Orsay) /  Sylvie Chan-Liat

◧ Artist: Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919)
◧ Country: France
◧ Title/Year: [Young Girls at the Piano] 1889
◧ Medium: Oil on canvas
◧ Painting Size:  116 x 90 cm
◧ Museum: Musée d'Orsay (Paris)

The picture may have been painted in Renoir's home, as he bought a piano for his wife as a wedding gift in 1890. At least six other versions of this painting exist. 

© RMN-Grand Palais (musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski

◧ County of Stamp Issue: France
◧ Date of Issue: September 5, 2022
◧ Face Value: Letter Rate - No Face Value




France issued 12 different artworks of close-ups under "MASTERPIECES OF ART - CLOSE VIEWS" series. Booklet of 12 self-adhesive postage stamps are issued at the green letter rate. The stamps are illustrated with details of masterpieces of art, all from either musee d'Orsay or Louvre Museum.



 






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