A Woman and a Girl Driving; Driving

A Woman and a Girl Driving; Driving

Figures; Woman; Child; Man; Carriage; Driving; Drive

In this painting, three individuals sit in a carriage outside. Trees are in the background. A woman and a child are facing forward, and the woman, wearing a fancy dress and hat, is holding the reins and a whip. The child, in a pink dress, is sitting to the left of the woman. An unidentified man wearing a black top hat is sitting facing backwards. The driver of the carriage is Lydia Cassatt, sister of the artist, and the girl seated beside her is Odile Fèvre, niece of the painter Edgar Degas.

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

Born: May 22, 1844 (Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA)
Died: June 14, 1926 (age 82 years) (Château de Beaufresne, Le Mesnil-Théribus, France)

3697, Visual Resources Library, EC

1881

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Art Form: Painting
Material: Oil paint; canvas; oil on canvas
Measurements: 35 5/16 × 51 3/8 in. (89.7 × 130.5 cm)

19th century; Impressionist