Renoir created this painting at the height of the Impressionist movement in 1879. The subject is probably a servant or a member of the family of Paul-Antoine Berard, a wealthy patron of the artist.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Young Woman Sewing, 1879, oil on canvas, The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
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