Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery
1879/1880
Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

Artwork overview
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Medium
soft-ground etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 26.8 x 23.4 cm (10 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
sheet: 43 x 30.4 cm (16 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1995.47.73
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Catalogue Raisonné
Reed/Shapiro 1984, no. 51, State i/ix.
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, by 1984; gift to NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1984
Master Prints from Washington Private Collections. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1984-1985.
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.
2001
The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, repro.
2004
The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 2004-2005.
2014
Degas/Cassatt, NGA, 2014, no.
2016
In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.
Bibliography
1906
Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.
1984
Reed, Sue Welsh, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1984: no. 51, state i/ix.
Inscriptions
recto: none; verso: by later hand, across bottom verso in graphite: N.Y Degas, Au Louvre Mary Cassatt 1.e etat / 12 care / S10 / y
Markings
recto: none; verso: at lower right, stamped in red: ATELIER / ED. DEGAS (Lugt 657)
Watermarks
HES [fragment]
Wikidata ID
Q75393767