Mother and Child (Cassatt)


Mother and Child is a painting by Mary Cassatt. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Early history and creation

It was painted about 1898.

Later history and display

The Havemeyers, purchased the painting, from dealer Duand-Ruel in 1899.

Description and interpretation

The work depicts a mother an child drawing on the iconography of "Mary and child" religious imagery.