Mary Cassatt
The Mirror
1891
Physical Qualities
Drypoint, Sheet: 306 x 238 mm. (12 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Plate: 225 x 167 mm. (8 7/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.508
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugene Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt," March 17- May 30, 1993.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure," circulated to Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, September 4-November 1, 1997; Academy of the Arts, Easton, January 31-March 7, 1998; and Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, July 26-September 27, 1998.
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10-October 20, 2004.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1-December 31, 2006.
"Monet and American Impressionism", Harn Museum of Art, February 3-May 24, 2015; Hunter Museum of American Art, June 26-September 20, 2015; Telfair Museums, October 16, 2015-January 24, 2016.
Andaleeb Banta and Joanna Karlgaard, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “The Rembrandt Effect,” December 12, 2021 - April 10, 2022.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure," circulated to Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, September 4-November 1, 1997; Academy of the Arts, Easton, January 31-March 7, 1998; and Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, July 26-September 27, 1998.
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10-October 20, 2004.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1-December 31, 2006.
"Monet and American Impressionism", Harn Museum of Art, February 3-May 24, 2015; Hunter Museum of American Art, June 26-September 20, 2015; Telfair Museums, October 16, 2015-January 24, 2016.
Andaleeb Banta and Joanna Karlgaard, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “The Rembrandt Effect,” December 12, 2021 - April 10, 2022.
Douglas L. Frost, "Making History / Making Art / MICA," Baltimore: MICA, 2010, ill.
Dulce M. Roman, "Monet and American Impressionism," Florida: University of Florida, 2015, plate 54, ill.
Inscribed: lower right stamped: "MC" (Lugt 604); by later hand (Lucas) lower right in graphite: "Mary Cassatt / The Mirror"
Markings: CM: MI (Maryland Institute) Lucas Collection; MC (Mary Cassatt; Lugt 604)
