# Woman with a Fan

By [Mary Cassatt](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/mary-cassatt.md>), c. 1878/1879.

## Details

- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 85.5 x 65.1 cm (33 11/16 x 25 5/8 in.) framed: 108.6 x 88.9 cm (42 3/4 x 35 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46570-woman-fan>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/impressionism.md>)

## Image

![Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned woman holds an open, gold-colored fan in her lap in this vertical, loosely painted portrait.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-1f0191122766b4f1/full.jpg?v=a5c5f37ac57f86adec2ebdf0839dc8e832828bd24e7063dcd56ca8ed714c03df>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.95. CC0 Open Access.
- Chester Dale Collection
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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