Art, literature & history
Mother's Kiss
1890-1891
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- color drypoint, softground etching, and aquatint on Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 34.93 × 22.86 cm (13 3/4 × 9 in.) sheet: 37.2 x 27.6 cm (14 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.2759
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
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Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Mother's Kiss — Mary Cassatt. 1890-1891.
Medium: color drypoint, softground etching, and aquatint on Japanese paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 34.93 × 22.86 cm (13 3/4 × 9 in.) sheet: 37.2 x 27.6 cm (14 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.2759. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.