Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery

Edgar Degas

Caption

Edgar Degas (Paris, France, 1834–1917, Paris, France). Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery, 1879–1880. Etching, drypoint, aquatint, and softground etching on Arches paper, Image: 10 1/2 x 9 3/16 in. (26.7 x 23.3 cm) Sheet: 17 x 12 1/4 in. (43.2 x 31.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 36.255.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery

Date

1879–1880

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Etching, drypoint, aquatint, and softground etching on Arches paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 10 1/2 x 9 3/16 in. (26.7 x 23.3 cm) Sheet: 17 x 12 1/4 in. (43.2 x 31.1 cm)

Inscriptions

Bottom left edge of paper in graphite: "D.50"/K829"; at left center: "Au Louvre: Musee des Antiques--"; at right "Fifth state".*

Markings

Verso, stamped lower right: "ATELIER/ED.DEGAS*" (Lugt 657) Verso, top stamped in blue "DOUANES FRANCAISES/A.T." and "PARIS BATIGNOLLES" Watermark: "ARC"

Credit Line

Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

36.255

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