US EditionUnknown Renoir Painting Sells for Over $2M at Paris Auction
The painting, never before exhibited, sold for up to 1.8 million euros due to its excellent condition and depiction of Renoir's son and nursemaid.
- On Tuesday, Drouot auction house in Paris sold the Renoir oil 'Child with Toys- Gabrielle and the Artist's Son, Jean' for 1.45 million euros.
- Painted around 1895, Renoir gave the canvas to Jeanne Baudot, his only student and close friend, and it remained in her family until auction, having never been exhibited or sold before.
- Experts highlighted the painting's exceptional, unrestored condition; Perrin told PBS, `We were particularly surprised by how fresh the painting was`, and Joron-Derem called it `a masterclass of intimacy`.
- An "international buyer" acquired the work at Drouot, and the price was modest compared with Claude Monet's $110.7 million Haystacks record in 2023.
- People viewed the Renoir painting in Paris on Nov. 7, 2025, after its display on October 14, 2025, amid a dip and recent record sales signaling revival in the high-end art market.
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A previously hidden painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir has been put up for auction in Paris. The artwork depicts the Impressionist master's son and his nanny.
"The Child and His Toys": a "Unknown Masterpiece" by Renoir Sold at an Auction in Paris €1.8 Million
The canvas made shortly before 1910 had never been exhibited or sold so far. It was acquired by an "international buyer".
The painting "L'enfant et ses toys" by Auguste Renoir, which represents his son, the future filmmaker Jean Renoir, and his nanny, was sold on Tuesday 1.8 million euros fresh included at the auction at the Drouot Hotel in Paris, indicated the sales house to the AFP.
Renoir’s portrait of his son with nanny fetches $2 million
A previously unknown portrait by Auguste Renoir of his toddler son sold at auction in Paris for $2 million. Painted sometime between 1890 and 1895 and gifted to a student, has never before been sold or exhibited. Pictured with his nanny — who “knows how to control the child so that Renoir can paint him,” the auctioneer told PBS — Jean Renoir would grow up to become a successful filmmaker, directing in 1937 and winning a Lifetime Achievement Acad…
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