Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery

1879/1880

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

The image shows two individuals. The person on the left is seated and holding a book. They wear an overcoat and a necklace. The person on the right stands with an umbrella in their right hand. They have curly hair and wear a fitted jacket with a long skirt. Both figures wear formal attire. The background is simple.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    soft-ground etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • 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 Number

    1995.47.73

  • 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

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