In this commissioned portrait, as Marcel Proust observed, Renoir gave expression to "the poetry of an elegant home and the beautiful dresses of our time."

　In the Japanese-style sitting room of her Parisian townhouse—the décor and chic gown testifying to her stylish taste—Marguerite Charpentier sits beside her son, Paul. At age three, his locks are still uncut and, in keeping with current fashion, he is dressed identically to his sister Georgette, perched on the family dog.

　 The well-connected publisher's wife, who hosted elite literary salons attended by such writers as Flaubert, the Goncourts, and Zola, used her influence to ensure that the painting enjoyed a choice spot at the Salon of 1879.

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　　1879年，已经参与前三次印象派画展的雷诺阿谢绝了第四次展览，回归更传统的展出渠道，即一年一度的巴黎沙龙展。他在那里展出了《乔治·夏邦杰夫人和她的孩子们》，获得好评如潮。这幅画是著名出版家乔治·夏邦杰委托雷诺阿画的，画中描绘了他的妻子玛格丽特，身着一件优雅的长服，其设计师是查尔斯·弗雷德里克·沃斯。依照这一时期的风格，他们三岁的儿子保罗的头发还没有剪短，而且他穿着与姐姐若尔热特相搭配的服装，姐姐在图左，坐在他们家的宠物身上。