Prints, Drawings, and Photographs By the Pond Made in France, Europec. 1896 Mary Stevenson Cassatt, American, 1844 - 1926 Color drypoint and aquatint Currently not on view 1946-11-7 Gift of R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Frederic Ballard, Alexander Cassatt, Staunton B. Peck, and Mrs. William Potter Wear, 1946 |
LabelThe comparison of Cassatt's works with Renaissance depictions of the Madonna and child is familiar and endearing. Here the format and color scheme seem to have been inspired by the brightly glazed ceramic relief sculptures made by the Della Robbia family of Florence. |
