Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

1878 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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About this work

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
Year: 1878
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 153.7 × 190.2 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Impressionism

Marguerite Charpentier, wife of the publisher Georges Charpentier, sits in the Japanese-style salon of her Paris townhouse beside her son Paul, who at three still has uncut hair and is dressed identically to his sister Georgette, perched on the family dog. The Charpentiers were Renoir's most important patrons in the late 1870s, and Marguerite's Friday salon drew Flaubert, Zola and the Goncourts. Renoir received the commission in 1878 and painted the family in their own rooms, recording the decor and the chic gowns with evident pleasure; Proust later praised the picture for its poetry of an elegant home and the beautiful dresses of its time. Through her connections Madame Charpentier secured it a prominent place at the Salon of 1879, a turning point in Renoir's reputation. The Metropolitan Museum of Art bought it in 1907 with the Wolfe Fund.

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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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 Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children 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 The Metropolitan Museum 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 Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children painted, and in what medium?

Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children dates from 1878 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 153.7 × 190.2 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

A museum-exhibition poster of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children — Madame Charpentier in black with her two children and their great Newfoundland dog in a japoniste salon — 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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