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Impressionism
Mary Cassatt
Dorothy in a Very Large Bonnet and a Dark Coat
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The cup of tea
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Artist: Mary Cassatt
The cup of tea by Mary Cassatt, hand-painted in oil on canvas as a faithful replica painting that keeps the quiet intimacy of the original scene.
Description
Description
Two women sit close together at a table, one lifting a cup toward her lips, the other watching with her chin resting on her hand. The moment is unremarkable and that is the point: an afternoon pause, caught before it passes, in a room lit by soft daylight. It is the kind of quiet scene that makes a lasting companion for a wall where people actually spend time.
About Cup of Tea
The composition is built on intimacy rather than incident. Mary Cassatt frames the two figures tightly, cropping the space so the viewer feels seated at the same table, a compositional habit she absorbed from the Japanese prints and Degas compositions she studied closely in Paris. The palette stays warm and restrained, dominated by dusty pinks, soft greens, and the pale gleam of porcelain, with brushwork loose enough to catch the fall of light across a sleeve or the curve of a cup without overworking the detail.
This painting belongs to the years when Cassatt had moved past academic training and into her mature Impressionist voice, painting women in ordinary domestic settings with a directness that had few precedents among her peers. She gives her sitters presence and interior life rather than treating them as decorative subjects, and that quiet psychological attention is part of why the work still holds up. A hand-painted oil painting reproduction from ByMuseum returns that attention to a physical surface. A trained artist works in oil on artist-grade canvas, matching the original palette stroke by stroke, so the raised texture of impasto and the visible movement of the brush survive in the finished piece, a hand-painted replica rather than a printed copy.
The hand-painted reproduction
The scene rewards a second and third look, the way good domestic paintings do, because so much sits in small gestures: the tilt of a wrist, the angle of a gaze that never quite meets the viewer. Owning a version painted by hand, rather than printed, keeps that close, human quality intact on your own wall.
- Hand-painted reproduction in oil on canvas
- Available in multiple sizes
- Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang
- Certificate of authenticity included
- 90 day returns with a full refund or a free replacement, no restocking fee
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.
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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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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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