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title: Portrait of Renoir's Mother by Renoir
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source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15815/portrait-of-renoirs-mother-by-renoir/
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# Portrait of Renoir's Mother by Renoir
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15815.png)
## Image Caption
An 1860 oil on canvas, *Portrait of Renoir's Mother*, by [Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://www.worldhistory.org/Pierre-Auguste_Renoir/) (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. An unfinished work showing the artist's mother Marguerite when she was 53 years old. It is an unusually honest portrait compared to later works. (Private Collection)
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