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Mary Cassatt in the Paintings Gallery at the Louvre

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Mary Cassatt in the Paintings Gallery at the Louvre, 1879–80. Etching, soft ground etching, aquatint, and drypoint on grayish-ivory wove paper.

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Etching, soft ground etching, aquatint, and drypoint on grayish-ivory wove paper · Image/plate: 30.5 × 12.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

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Museum title
Mary Cassatt in the Paintings Gallery at the Louvre
Artist
Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917
Date
1879–80
Medium
Etching, soft ground etching, aquatint, and drypoint on grayish-ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 30.5 × 12.6 cm (12 1/16 × 5 in.); Sheet: 34 × 17.5 cm (13 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit line
Gift of Walter S. Brewster
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1834–1917

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

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Mary Cassatt in the Paintings Gallery at the Louvre · Edgar Degas, 1879–80
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