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Pencil sketch on pale paper of a bouquet of roses and tulips in a footed vase, with faint underdrawn leaves below.

Vase of Flowers, graphite study

A loose graphite sketch of a flower arrangement rising from a footed vase, with roses and tulip-like blooms drawn in light, searching lines. Faint sketched leaves and a pale base fill the lower half of the white sheet, with a dated inscription at lower right.

Artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Date
May 1857
Medium
Graphite on white wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1386 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1857).
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, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection