Apart from a visit to Algiers earlier in the year he had not been outside metropolitan France and indeed he had never been far from Paris .
Renoir was forty and an established artist when he visited Italy in autumn 1881 .
Apart from a visit to Algiers earlier in the year Renoir had not been outside metropolitan France and indeed Renoir had never been far from Paris .
Renoir was forty and an established artist when he visited Italy in autumn 1881 .