Portrait of the Artist

Portrait de l'artiste

Portrait of the Artist

Mary Cassatt · 1874

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

About this painting

One of only two known self-portraits by Cassatt, painted the year after Degas invited her to join the Impressionists — his influence shows in its daring asymmetrical pose.

Painting Details

Medium

Watercolor and gouache on wove paper, laid down on paper

Dimensions

60 × 41 cm (23.6 × 16.1 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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