Mother and Child (The Oval Mirror) is a painting by Mary Cassatt. It was painted in 1898.[1] The Havemeyers purchased the painting[2] from dealer Duand-Ruel[1] in 1899.[3] It was given by the Havermeyer family in 1929 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]
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Artist | Mary Cassatt ![]() |
Year | c. 1898 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 81.6 cm (32.1 in) × 65.7 cm (25.9 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession No. | 29.100.47 ![]() |
Identifiers | The Met object ID: 10401 |
The work depicts a mother and child, drawing from the iconography of "Mary and child" religious imagery.[5][6]
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