Mary Cassatt in the Paintings Gallery at the Louvre

Prints and Drawings

1879–80

Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917

This print signals the close friendship between Edgar Degas and fellow Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt. The two artists experimented with printmaking techniques, which Degas used to create this image of Cassatt as a confident modern woman enjoying the painting galleries of the Musee du Louvre, Paris. She is accompanied by a figure who is probably her sister Lydia. Degas, like Cassatt, collected Japanese prints, and the vertical format, pillared framing device, rear silhouettes, and fanning skirt in this print are strikingly japoniste features.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
Title: Mary Cassatt in the Paintings Gallery at the Louvre
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1879–1880
Medium: Etching, soft ground etching, aquatint, and drypoint on grayish-ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 30.5 × 12.6 cm (12 1/16 × 5 in.); Sheet: 34 × 17.5 cm (13 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Walter S. Brewster
Reference Number: 1951.323
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