Maternal Caress
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Mary Cassatt
Artist bio: American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1890–91
Medium: Drypoint, aquatint and softground etching, printed in color from three plates; sixth state of six (Mathews & Shapiro)
Dimensions: Plate: 14 3/8 × 10 9/16 in. (36.5 × 26.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 11 15/16 in. (43.8 × 30.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Paul J. Sachs, 1916
Accession year: 1916
Tags: Love|Infants|Mothers|Women