Summer's Day

Berthe Morisot

1879 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London

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About this work

Artist: Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
Year: 1879
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 45.7 × 75.2 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
Movement: Impressionism

Two fashionably dressed young women sit in a rowing boat on the lake in the Bois de Boulogne, ducks on the water beside them and the far bank a blur of green. Morisot lived near the Bois, the great park on the west side of Paris that Napoleon III had remade as an artificial woodland, and after the birth of her daughter Julie in the winter of 1878–79 she began bringing professional models there so she could paint outdoors while staying close to the child. The two sitters, who also posed for Manet, appear in a companion picture from the same summer. The whole surface is alive with her quick zigzag strokes, especially suited to light moving on water. She showed the painting at the fifth Impressionist exhibition in 1880, almost certainly as The Lake in the Bois de Boulogne. It belongs to the National Gallery in London through the Hugh Lane bequest of 1917.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in; 36×24 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Summer's Day in the public domain?

Yes. Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Summer's Day painted, and in what medium?

Summer's Day dates from 1879 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 45.7 × 75.2 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Summer's Day (Berthe Morisot) — Summer's Day · Berthe Morisot · 1879. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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