A Girl with a Watering Can

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1876 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Size2:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
Year: 1876
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 100 × 73 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Impressionism

A small girl in a blue dress with lace trim and a red bow in her hair stands on a garden path holding a green watering can and two daisies. Renoir painted it in 1876, the year he began to concentrate on the anecdotal pictures of women and children at which he excelled, and the setting is thought to be Monet's garden at Argenteuil. The palette is the fresh, high-keyed one of Impressionism, but the handling is more controlled than in his landscapes: small, even strokes applied delicately in the face, with the path, flowers and foliage dissolving into a haze of warm colour around her. The child has never been identified. The painting passed through the collections of Renoir's patron Paul Bérard and the prince de Wagram before Chester Dale bought it in 1931; it came to the National Gallery of Art in Washington with his bequest in 1963.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 16×24 and 24×36 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 exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is A Girl with a Watering Can in the public domain?

Yes. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) 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 of Art.

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 A Girl with a Watering Can painted, and in what medium?

A Girl with a Watering Can dates from 1876 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 100 × 73 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

A museum-exhibition poster of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's A Girl with a Watering Can — a small girl in a blue dress with a watering can in a flowering garden — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Impressionism and Modern Life, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — 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 Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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