[i]With its elevated vantage point giving an unobstructed view of the woman’s hands on the keyboard, [/i]Woman at the Piano[i] invites the viewer to associate the sensual act of listening with the visual harmony of the beautiful redhead wearing a luxurious, brilliantly lit peignoir. The woman—likely Renoir’s favorite model of the late 1870s, Nini Lopez—plays an upright pia...
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