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Maternal Kiss
Original price was: $518.00.$259.00Current price is: $259.00.
Artist: Mary Cassatt
Maternal Kiss by Mary Cassatt, reborn as a hand-painted oil on canvas that keeps the warmth and closeness of the original embrace.
Description
Description
Viewers have long responded to this painting as a study in tenderness observed rather than performed, the kind of image that made Cassatt central to conversations about how Impressionism could hold domestic life without sentimentality. That response has held up because the picture rewards close looking: the closeness between mother and child is not simply a pose but a structural fact, built from the way the two heads tilt toward each other and the way the arms fold to close the space between them.
About Maternal Kiss
Look at the canvas itself and you find the reasons for that reading. Cassatt worked in broken, confident strokes, letting edges soften where skin meets skin and sharpen slightly where a fold of fabric catches light, so the eye is guided toward the embrace without any hard outline forcing it there. The palette stays close and warm, rose and cream against muted grounds, and this restraint keeps the color doing quiet work rather than announcing itself.
The composition belongs to the period when Cassatt had absorbed the lessons of Degas and the wider Impressionist circle in Paris, particularly their interest in unposed intimacy and unusual vantage points, and turned that toward subjects the men around her rarely painted with such attention. Mother and child appear cropped close, almost overflowing the frame, which pulls you into the moment rather than letting you observe it from a comfortable distance. That closeness, more than any single detail, is what gives the picture its lasting pull.
The hand-painted reproduction
An oil on canvas reproduction from ByMuseum brings all of this back into physical paint. A trained artist rebuilds the picture stroke by stroke on artist-grade canvas, matching the warmth of the palette and keeping the texture of the brushwork visible rather than smoothed away, so what arrives at your door is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction, not a printed facsimile standing in for one. Live with it for a while and you start noticing things a screen never shows: the slight ridge where paint was laid thicker at the join of two arms, the way light shifts across the surface at different hours, small passages that only announce themselves once you have looked at the whole a hundred times over.
- Hand-painted oil on canvas, not a print
- Available in multiple sizes to suit your wall
- Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang
- Certificate of authenticity included with every order
- Painted to order in 2 to 3 weeks, then delivered in 5 to 7 days
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.
Empty walls flatten a room. A classical artwork restores structure and visual hierarchy. One painting defines the space, anchors furniture, and establishes identity.
Delivery up to 25 days
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Real brushwork, layered oil paint, and durable pigments on museum-quality canvas.
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
Framed — Ready to Hang
Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.
For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.
Stretched Canvas
Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
Gallery Wrap
Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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We ship with UPS, FedEx, or DHL straight to your door. You’ll receive a tracking number as soon as your order leaves our studio. Typical delivery is 4–5 business days after dispatch; large, framed, or stretched pieces may take longer depending on the safest shipping route.
Unframed canvases are protected with a film, carefully rolled, and secured inside a rigid shipping tube.
Stretched, Gallery Wrapped, and Framed paintings are wrapped, cushioned with foam protection, and boxed for safe transit.
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