Nude (Renoir, Belgrade, 1910)

Nude

Artist	Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Year	1910
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	129.5 cm × 172.7 cm (51 in × 68 in)
Location	National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade

Nude (1910, French: Nu, Serbian: Купачица) is a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is oil on canvas, and it was painted in 1910. Estimated worth is about 10 million Euros. The painting is currently housed in the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade.^[1] Painting was gifted to Serbian people by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia.

History

The painting was stolen in 1996 by an amateur Roma thief.^[2] During that situation, it was badly damaged, and it was recovered in afwul condition, requiring a year of restoration. After the Renoir was stolen, entire foreign art collection was moved to museum depot, in order to protect collection until new and better protection system is installed.^[3]

Gallery

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  Painting before restoration

References

1. ^ Olga's Gallery
2. ^ Zagonetka Renoarove slike (Serbian)
3. ^ Zatvorena izložba "Impresivno" u Narodnom muzeju u Beogradu (Serbian)