Focus on La Promenade (Renoir) and explore the Description.
A young man, possibly a canotier (boatman) given his distinctive boater hat, holds the hand of a young woman on a path surrounded by bushes, perhaps on the banks of the Seine, with the implication of an upcoming intimate encounter.  The image of lovers walking through a woodland is based on a popular rococo theme. Interpretations of the figure models vary.  It is generally believed that the model for the woman in La Promenade was Lise Tréhot, Renoir's favorite model and companion during his early Salon period.  In the past, it was believed that the man in the painting was landscape painter Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) and the woman was Rapha, a companion of musician Edmond Maître (1840–1898).
The original title of the painting is unknown.  It first received the title La Promenade by unnamed owners of the work when it was put up for sale in 1898.  It was not until 1941 that questions about the original title came to light.  Renoir was known to strenuously object to sentimental titles applied by others to his work.  "Why have they given names to my pictures which never represent the reason I painted such and such a subject? My joy consists in painting, and it has never been in my mind to paint a preconceived subject", Renoir said in his later years. However, Renoir did exhibit a painting with the title of La Promenade in 1876, but that work  is now known as Mother and Children.
Lise Tréhot woodland Edmond Maître Mother and Children rococo Alfred Sisley boater