Box of mint pastilles Auguste Renoir - Young girls at the piano

This box of mint tablets depicts Auguste Renoir's (1841-1919) painting Young Girls at the Piano, circa 1892, housed at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris.

Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Young Girls at the Piano, circa 1892
Oil on canvas. H. 116; W. 81 cm with frame H. 144; W. 111 cm
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée...

This box of mint tablets depicts Auguste Renoir's (1841-1919) painting Young Girls at the Piano, circa 1892, housed at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris.

Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Young Girls at the Piano, circa 1892
Oil on canvas. H. 116; W. 81 cm with frame H. 144; W. 111 cm
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée de l'Orangerie)

Like most Impressionists, Renoir was a music lover and often depicted young girls at the piano. This subject derives from the gatherings of musicians painted in the 17th and 18th centuries, and perhaps also from the works of his contemporaries Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), Edouard Manet (1832-1883), and Edgard Degas (1834-1917). Renoir thus revisits a traditional theme, combining the geometric lines of the upright piano with the undulating movements of the young girls.