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The painting has a fairytale quality.
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The effect was most dynamic in the painting
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One of the many portraits Cassatt painted of her sister
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Cassatt began her studies of mother and child which were to become her best known motif.
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The painting has simple accesories.
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The painting was a use of double imagery.
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The fluidity of line and movement are wonderful.
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Cassatt attended an exhibition of Japanese prints and was inspired by the work of Ultamaro and Toyokuni.
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The supple forms of her women are dominant against this backdrop.
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The painting is a dramatic example of this new approach.