Portrait of Amanda Fell Cassatt (1880-1954)

Painting

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Drexel Founding Collection

#843, Photographed by Kelly & Massa, 2016

#843, Photographed by Kelly & Massa, 2016

Name/Title

Portrait of Amanda Fell Cassatt (1880-1954)

Entry/Object ID

843

Category

Painting

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Cassatt Estate

Notes

Date: 1955 Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Cassatt Means of Accession: gift

Made/Created

Artist

Jean Charles Pierre de Chabannes la Palice

Date made

circa 1910

Place

Country

France

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Signature: LL, Chabannes La Palice

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

90-1/2 in

Width

33-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Unframed

Height

83-1/4 in

Width

25 in

Exhibitions

Drexel ReFramed: The Dragon Experience
Curator Pick of the Month

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Curator Pick of the Month

Label

With New York Fashion Week in full swing, I thought it would be a perfect time to highlight one of The Drexel Collection’s best-dressed portraits. Amanda Fell Cassatt was the Daughter of Sarah Drexel, and granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel. The portrait depicts this statuesque beauty in a fur-trimmed red velvet overdress concealing a light-colored delicate lace and fringed evening gown. A small blue bow fastens the overdress in the front, adding a flare of contrasting color and a bit of winsomeness to the ensemble. To complete the look, Mrs. Cassatt’s headdress is a fashionable black wrap jeweled at the center with a large black plume. This portrait can be found in the Anthony J. Drexel Picture Gallery.

General Notes

Note

Daughter of Sarah Drexel, granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel. Married to Robert Kelso Cassatt, nephew of the artist, Mary Cassatt. Curator Pick of the Month February 2014. Picture Gallery label: "The artists has captured a dramatic portrait of Amanda Fell Cassatt, a granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel and daughter of Sarah Drexel Fell. She married Robert Kelso Cassatt, the nephew of the artist, Mary Cassatt."