Mary Cassatt
Gardner Held by His Mother
1881-1891
Physical Qualities
Drypoint, Sheet: 262 x 203 mm. (10 5/16 x 8 in.)
Plate: 211 x 138 mm. (8 5/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with Funds from the State of Maryland. Funds from Laurence and Stella Bendann, and Contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.511
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
Wildenstein Gallery, New York City, NY, Oct. 1947 - Jan. 1948.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Jan. 3 - Feb. 10, 1962.
The Museum of Graphic Art, New York, "The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt," traveled to Christian Rohlfing, The Cooper Union Museum, New York, Oct. 3 - Nov. 4, 1967; circulated to Smithsonian Institution, early Jan. - Feb. 25, 1968; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Apr. 18 - May 12,1968; The Detroit Institute of Arts, July 16 - Aug. 18, 1968.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt,” March 17-May 30, 1993
Susan Dackerman, Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; 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, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
BMA, Jacobs paper case rotation, February 4 - November 30, 2020 (roughly 6 months on view; works covered during COVID-19 closures)
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Jan. 3 - Feb. 10, 1962.
The Museum of Graphic Art, New York, "The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt," traveled to Christian Rohlfing, The Cooper Union Museum, New York, Oct. 3 - Nov. 4, 1967; circulated to Smithsonian Institution, early Jan. - Feb. 25, 1968; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Apr. 18 - May 12,1968; The Detroit Institute of Arts, July 16 - Aug. 18, 1968.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt,” March 17-May 30, 1993
Susan Dackerman, Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; 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, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
BMA, Jacobs paper case rotation, February 4 - November 30, 2020 (roughly 6 months on view; works covered during COVID-19 closures)
Inscribed: None
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: (partial letters, unidentified)
