Photo de stock - Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Leaving the Conservatory (La Sortie du conservatoire), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876–1877, Oil on canvas, Renoir uses subtle body language to convey the flirtatious nature of this exchange among a group of young Parisians gathered outside a music school. One man gently nudges his friend into conversation with the woman holding a scroll of paper, likely a piece of sheet music. Though the scene is meant to look like a randomly observed moment, the grouping was in fact carefully composed by the artist, with members of his bohemian circle serving as models. The painting dates from Renoir's impressionist period, though it is much darker in palette than his other works from the 1870s; its large scale, also unusual for impressionism, suggests that he may have intended it for the Salon., Overall: 73 13/16 x 46 1/4 in. (187.5 x 117.5 cm)