''A Girl with a Watering Can'' is an 1876 Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The work was apparently painted in

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. Durin ...

's famous garden at

Argenteuil Argenteuil () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Argenteuil is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department, the seat of the arrondissement of Argenteuil. Argenteuil is the sec ...

, and may portray one of the girls in Renoir's neighborhood in a blue dress holding a

watering can A watering can (or watering pot) is a portable container, usually with a handle and a funnel, used to water plants by hand. It has been in use since at least A.D. 79 and has since seen many improvements in design. Apart from watering plants, it ha ...

.National Gallery of Art page on ''A Girl with a Watering Can''
/ref> The painting is exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1876 paintings 19th-century portraits Portraits by French artists Portraits of women Collections of the National Gallery of Art Paintings of children {{19C-painting-stub