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| Keywords: Child in a Straw Hat by Mary Cassatt c1886.jpg ~ 1886 Oil on canvas cm 65 3 49 2 Institution National Gallery of Art Mary Cassatt ~ lower right signature object history Ambroise Vollard 1867-1939 Paris ; by descent to Chrétien de Gallea Paris 1 Edward Speelman AG Zurich ; sold January 1965 to Paul Mellon Upperville Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA 1 According to information provided by Speelman to Paul Mellon in 1965 Vollard's collection was inherited by his brother Lucien and by the dealer's mistress Mme de Galea On the movement of the Vollard collection during World War II see Lynn Nicholas The Rape of Europa New York 1994 92-93 304-305 425 credit line From http //www nga gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f acc 1983 1 17 NGA Website <br> Later in her career Mary Cassatt often painted the theme of a little girl wearing an oversized hat in poses similar to this one However this child's serious expression sets the painting apart from other portraits Most of the girls in Cassatt's paintings of children in hats appear to be willing and happy models; they smile and wear elaborate bonnets and frilly dresses In Child in a Straw Hat the little girl wears a plain gray pinafore and a large simple straw hat Her furrowed brow and protruding upper lip suggest that she is impatient; she may have been taken away from her play in order to pose NGA Images 1983 1 17 PD-old-auto 1926 Paintings of children by Mary Cassatt 1886 paintings Impressionist paintings in the National Gallery of Art Oil paintings of girls Straw hats in art Cassatt | ||||
