Renoir Muse Gabrielle Renard’s Collection Goes to Auction

Bonhams will present "A Lasting Impression: The Renoir Collection of Gabrielle Renard," an online auction featuring 21 previously unseen paintings by the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who was Renard's employer as a nanny and model.

Gabrielle Renard, who was a cousin of Renoir's wife, joined the family as nanny to Jean Renoir and nurtured his talent for storytelling.

The fresh-to-market paintings provides insight into the artist's personal and professional spheres through a collection held by someone intimately connected to him.

Highlights include: Portrait de Gabrielle, painted in 1910, which has a $300,000 low estimate; Gabrielle à la blouse blanche (1907), is estimated at $220,000 while Portrait de Gabrielle (1913) has a $50,000 low estimate.

The sale will run online from May 10–20 in New York.