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Painting of a young woman with pinned-up hair sewing, seated beside a blue vase of colorful flowers, rendered in loose, feathery brushstrokes.

Young Woman Sewing

A young woman with light hair pinned up, wearing a lilac dress with small buttons, bends her head over her needlework at a table. Behind her, a tall blue vase holds a loose bouquet of red, pink, white and blue flowers against soft, feathery brushwork.

Artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Date
1879
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2055 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1879).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection

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