Portrait of Irène Cahen d'Anvers
Painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Portrait of Irène Cahen d’Anvers, or The Little Girl with the Blue Ribbon (French: La Petite Fille au ruban bleu) or Little Irène (French: La Petite Irène), is an oil painting by French Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Portrait of Irène Cahen d'Anvers | |
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La Petite Irène | |
Artist | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
Year | c. 1880 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Subject | Irène Cahen d'Anvers |
Dimensions | 65 cm × 54 cm (26 in × 21 in) |
Location | Foundation E.G. Bührle, Zürich |
Commissioned by the wealthy French Jewish banker Louis Cahen d'Anvers in 1880, the painting depicts his daughter Irène Cahen d'Anvers at the age of 8. During World War II, the painting was stolen by the Nazis during their organized looting of European countries. In 1946 it resurfaced and was exhibited in Paris as one of the "French masterpieces found in Germany". In 2014, it appeared in the war film The Monuments Men as one of the pieces of art saved by the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program.