Portrait of Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt

Portrait of Mary Cassatt

Edgar Degas · 1884

National Portrait Gallery

Washington, D.C., United States

About this painting

Cassatt so disliked this portrait by her friend and mentor Degas that she later sold it — reportedly because it showed her looking unglamorous while assessing photographs.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

71 × 59 cm (28 × 23.2 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

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