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Nurse Reading to a Little Girl

Mary Cassatt American
1895
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 758
In 1894, Cassatt purchased and renovated the Château de Beaufresne at Mesnil-Theribus, about fifty miles northwest of Paris. It became her country retreat for the rest of her life. Her increased interest in landscape settings in her pastels may reflect an appreciation of the outdoors cultivated at the château. Most of Cassatt's pastels, like this one, have retained their original brilliance, while her papers, which were colored with unstable dyes, have faded.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Nurse Reading to a Little Girl
  • Artist: Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)
  • Date: 1895
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Pastel on wove paper, mounted on canvas
  • Dimensions: 23 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (60 x 73 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Hope Williams Read, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.72
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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