Portrait of Alexander J. Cassatt and His Son, Robert Kelso Cassatt
Mary Stevenson Cassatt, American, 1844 - 1926
Date:
1884Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
39 1/2 x 32 inches (100.3 x 81.3 cm) Framed: 47 5/8 × 38 5/8 × 3 7/8 inches (121 × 98.1 × 9.8 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
W1959-1-1Credit Line:
Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund and with funds contributed by Mrs. William Coxe Wright, 1959
1884Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
39 1/2 x 32 inches (100.3 x 81.3 cm) Framed: 47 5/8 × 38 5/8 × 3 7/8 inches (121 × 98.1 × 9.8 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 162, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Vogt Gallery)
Accession Number:W1959-1-1Credit Line:
Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund and with funds contributed by Mrs. William Coxe Wright, 1959
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composition studies [x] family portrait [x] father and son [x] impressionism [x] portrait [x]Cassatt's brother and nephew posed for this double portrait during a visit to the artist in Paris. She not only painted several portraits of her brother, a prominent Philadelphia businessman, but also advised his art collecting. As a result, he was one of the first in Philadelphia to own works by the French Impressionists.
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