We look slightly down into a lime-green and white rowboat carrying a woman holding a baby and a man in this nearly square painting. The man wears midnight-blue shoes, pants, jacket, and soft, floppy cap. He sits with his back to us, bending forward to row the boat, which is cropped by the bottom edge of the canvas. The left side of his ruddy face is visible over his left shoulder. The woman and baby both have pale skin. The woman and baby sit across from the man, facing us to our left in the bow. The woman’s long-sleeved, sky-blue dress is crosshatched with pink lines. The baby leans back in…
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The Boating Party

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844 - 1926)

1893/1894

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 90 x 117.3 cm (35 7/16 x 46 3/16 in.) ; framed: 112.1 x 137.8 cm (44 1/8 x 54 1/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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