The Tea

The tea ritual, unposed: two women, a modern world. Two women around a tea table, c.1880 (64.8 × 92.1 cm, MFA Boston, Hopkins Fund 42.178). Cassatt captures elegant female sociability, conquering the modern world, with a bold framing noticed at the Impressionist shows.

This work appears in the Musée d'Orsay exhibition 'Mary Cassatt. Being Independent' (6 October 2026 – 31 January 2027).