Lady at the Tea Table
Mary Cassatt · 1884
Why it's great
A woman in a dark dress sits at a tea table with a gleaming silver and porcelain tea service. Mary Cassatt painted her cousin, Mrs. Riddle, who didn't like the portrait at all. The painting is now seen as one of Cassatt's best. It's an elegant picture of ritual.
Where to see it
📍 Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City, United States
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Mary Cassatt was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Paris as a young woman. She was the only American to join the French Impressionists, and she specialized in tender pictures of mothers and children. She lived in France most of her life, and she also encouraged American collectors to buy Impressionist art. She died at her country home in France in 1926.
