<p>Mary Cassatt (1844 - 1926) was one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism, both a masterful painter and printmaker who used pastel colors in ways that few artists had dared before her. Much like her good friend and collaborator Edgar Degas, Cassatt’s paintings depict the intimate moments of women’s daily lives, and perhaps most famously, she had a remarkable gift for capturing the beauty in the smallest moments between a mother and child. Her art encapsulates the delicate minutia of such relationships, from the tender patience of one mother bathing her toddler, to the sweet affection of another kissing her infant goodnight. With her command of color and impressionistic genius, Cassatt’s images manage to convey women’s lives both authentically and graciously, highlighting the exquisite within the seemingly mundane.</p>
<p>Here, Cassatt underscored the importance of the maternal bond by evoking religious art. The woman's adoring look and the boy's sweet face and contrapposto stance suggest Italian Renaissance images of the Virgin and Child, a connection reinforced by the oval mirror that frames the boy's head like a halo. Cassatt's colleague Edgar Degas perceived her references to the Renaissance, telling her that the painting has all of your qualities and all your faults-it's the Infant Jesus and his English nurse. The Havemeyers, who purchased the canvas for their collection, referred to it as The Florentine Madonna.</p>
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