the engaged couple the sisley family auguste renoirThis double portrait depicts the painter Alfred Sisley alongside his companion Eugnie Lescouezec. Sisley was one of Auguste Renoir's closest friends, whom he had met at the Gleyre studio alongside Claude Monet and Frdric Bazille. This early work predates the official advent of Impressionism and bears witness to Renoir's still realist style, marked by the influence of Gustave Courbet and douard Manet. The couple is shown full length in a rural setting,