Alexander J. Cassatt
Date1880
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions25 3/4 x 36 3/8 in.
65.4 x 92.4 cm
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.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, American Art, Paintings 3
ProvenanceThe Cassatt family;
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt, Maryland.
1810
19th Century
1891
1766/1767
1904
c. 1914
1905
1909