Robert Nunès was the son of Alfred Nunês, the mazor of Zport. In 1883 he commissioned Renoir to paint his children Aline and Robert. Nunès was a cousin of Camille Pissarro.
Pierre-August Renoir
Sailor Boy (Portrait of Robert Nunès)
1883130.2 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated (lower right): Renoir, 83.
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Literature
Collection catalogues
Great French paintings from the Barnes Foundation, New York, 1993, pp. 60-63
Literature
Gilles Néret, Renoir, Köln, 2019, p. 283
Other works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The vintagers
1879
1879
Head of a dog
1870
1870
Woman with Mandolin
1919
1919
Woman Crocheting
c. 1877
c. 1877
Mademoiselle Sicot
1865
1865