The Engaged Couple
by RENOIR, Pierre-Auguste, Oil on canvas, 106 x 74 cm
This painting is also titled (wrongly) Mr. and Mrs. Sisley. The painter Sisley is indeed recognizable, but the lively young lady on his arm is not in fact Sisley’s companion but Renoir’s favourite model at this period, Lise Tr�hot. This is an outdoor scene in a town garden, which is suggested in a rather vague way.