"I am cautiously optimistic based on my extensive research and the provenance linking it to the esteemed Madeira family of Philadelphia ... is thought to be a portrait of Renoir's wife Aline ...

Renoir’s later portraits make little attempt to analyze the sitter’s personality. What most interested him was technique—specifically that of Rubens, whose skill with pigments he had admired.

WPVI Research has led her to suspect the piece is a portrait of Renoir’s wife, Aline Charigot, dating back to the late 1800s during his Ingres period, when “he paid a lot of attention to light ...

In 1896, Renoir memorialized the serenity, domestic bliss and financial success of those years in a life-size group portrait, ...

Etched into the piece appears to be the name "Renoir." The label also suggests the former owner of the sketch previously donated it to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Markow tells PEOPLE that the ...

A $12 piece of art bought by a woman in Pennsylvania is believed to be an original Renoir painting. She believes the piece is a portrait of Aline Charigot, Renoir's wife, and dates back to the ...

Heidi now believes the work was created in the 1800s and is a portrait of Aline Charigot, Renoir's wife. She hopes the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, a non-profit dedicated to preserving art ...

A sketch bought for $12 at an auction may be a lost work of master Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, People reported ... The Madeira family were known in Philadelphia for their ...