Alexander J. Cassatt

Date1880

MediumOil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensions25 3/4 x 36 3/8 in.
65.4 x 92.4 cm

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Object number1986.60

DescriptionHalf-length portrait shows the artist's brother seated, at three-quarter angle looking to the right. He has reddish- brown hair and moustache and blue eyes and wears a black coat, white shirt and a dark blue neck scarf. The head and shoulders are finished; the background and lower foreground are sketched in with the major layout and colors indicated. The background palette consists of violet, blue-green and white. The canvas shows through in some areas.

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