Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Washerwoman and Child (La Blanchisseuse et son enfant); Pierre-Auguste Renoir; 1886; Oil on canvas; Pierre-Auguste Renoir lovingly paints his wife; Aline; holding the first of their three sons. He made this work a few years after traveling to Italy to study the old masters; a trip that had an enormous impact on his career. For this work; Renoir dried out his colors鈥攂lotting as much oil as he could from the paint鈥攖o give the canvas the chalky look of an Italian fresco.; Overall: 32 x 25 9/16 in. (81.3 x 65 cm)