茶桌边的女士

Mary Cassatt American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 768

卡萨特的这幅肖像画描绘了她母亲的近表亲——玛丽·迪金森·里德尔主持午茶的场景,这是中上层阶级妇女的每日例行活动。里德尔夫人拿着一个茶壶,它属于一整套镀金青花广东瓷器餐具,这组餐具是她女儿在之前送给卡萨特家的。这幅肖像画就是作为餐具的回礼,画中表现出卡萨特对印象派画法的精通,包括其素描般的润饰,对身体结构漫不经心地处理,以及画中人物对观众的漠不关心。由于里德尔夫人的女儿不喜欢这幅肖像画,卡萨特就一直自己保存着,直到 H·O·哈弗梅耶夫人说服她把画送给大都会博物馆。

Lady at the Tea Table, Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise), Oil on canvas, American

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