This painting depicts a woman standing in profile, facing the right. She has light skin, dark hair styled in a low bun, rosy cheeks, and pink lips, and she is wearing a white off-the-shoulder blouse and a red skirt. She holds a large woven basket filled with gray-and-orange fish and is resting it on her hip. The background shows a beach-like landscape with a vast blue sky over tan dunes with hints of orange and pink. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible.
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Girl with a Basket of Fish

Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919)

c. 1889

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 130.7 x 41.8 cm (51 7/16 x 16 7/16 in.) ; framed: 151.1 x 61.9 x 5.1 cm (59 1/2 x 24 3/8 x 2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of William Robertson Coe
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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