Portrait of the Artist (Mary Cassatt)


Portrait of the Artist is an 1878 painting by Mary Cassatt. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Early history and creation

The painting is a "watercolour, gouache on wove paper laid down to buff-colored wood-pulp paper" according to the MET. It is now in the public domain. It is a self-portrait of Mary Cassatt.