Description
A cluster of water lilies breaks the surface of the pond at Yerres, their pale petals set against water rendered in short, cool strokes of green and grey. It is a small passage, but it holds the eye: the moment where Caillebotte lets pigment sit thick on the canvas to suggest a leaf catching light, then thins it again into the reflective calm of the water beyond.
About Yerres, on the Pond, Water Lilies
The painting belongs to the years Caillebotte spent at his family estate on the Yerres river, a period when he turned his engineering eye on the garden and its water rather than the Parisian streets that made his name. The pond becomes a study in structure as much as atmosphere: the lilies anchor the foreground, the water opens into broader, quieter passages behind them, and the whole surface is built from overlapping notes of colour rather than outlined shapes. Light moves across the scene unevenly, catching a petal here, flattening into shadow there, in the manner of the plein air painting his Impressionist circle was pursuing at the time.
What distinguishes the work is this balance of concentration and looseness, the way a single motif carries a composition without needing incident around it. It is a picture that rewards a second and third look, the sort of quiet subject that keeps offering something new the longer it hangs on a wall, which is part of why collectors return to it.
The hand-painted reproduction
ByMuseum recreates the painting as a hand-painted oil painting reproduction, worked in oil on artist-grade canvas by a trained painter who studies the original palette, the layering of colour, and the texture built into the water and the lilies. Brushwork is laid down by hand rather than printed, so the surface carries the same variation in edge and depth that defines the original, and the result reads as a museum quality reproduction rather than a flat copy.
- Hand-painted in oil on canvas by a professional artist
- Available in multiple sizes to suit your wall
- Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang
- Certificate of authenticity included
- Painted to order in 2 to 3 weeks, then delivered in 5 to 7 days



