Mary Cassatt
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Medium scope: oil painting; pastel and prints separately
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Attributed depicted mental state
Work-specific source observation
NGA offers alternative readings of the child's expression. This is attributed interpretation of a depicted person, not an actual diagnosis, artist intention or observer mood.
Scope & record details
- Claim
- mary-cassatt-claim:e5c3253557af8968
- Concept
- proposed:attributed-depicted-mental-state
- Target
- work:nga-61368
- Polarity / modality
- positive / possible
- Quantifier
- work_specific
- Review
- same agent source identity span scope and medium review; independent review pending
- Source span
- 48–77 · Unicode character offsets in the retained record
- Source identity
- 3ae3384831103b163ab6075a4d71e14b250fb379d189564683f8180251c36bf3
- Model control
- Not validated as a model control
Attributed depicted mental state
Work-specific source observation
This phrase occurs in the owner Louisine Havemeyer's quoted recollection about the child. Preserve reported interpreting actor in qualification; it is not a measured internal state, proof of truthfulness or universal viewer response.
Scope & record details
- Claim
- mary-cassatt-claim:59ceff85edd9b8f7
- Concept
- proposed:attributed-depicted-mental-state
- Target
- work:met-10425
- Polarity / modality
- positive / asserted
- Quantifier
- work_specific
- Review
- same agent source identity span scope and medium review; independent review pending
- Source span
- 21–42 · Unicode character offsets in the retained record
- Source identity
- 64343d706e20aa270f87ebdce1022710364a54cdf145b7062b64ff66eeb78864
- Model control
- Not validated as a model control
Compressed pictorial depth
Work-specific source observation
High viewing angle and upright-looking carpet contribute to shallow appearance here. This is depicted organization, not actual canvas thickness or a ban on all depth cues.
Scope & record details
- Claim
- mary-cassatt-claim:13a83946e21ad619
- Concept
- proposed:compressed-pictorial-depth
- Target
- work:aic-111442
- Polarity / modality
- positive / asserted
- Quantifier
- work_specific
- Review
- same agent source identity span scope and medium review; independent review pending
- Source span
- 23–44 · Unicode character offsets in the retained record
- Source identity
- 73d27c652e22f94360bcf6bef004be9e6b0157c3c5ab747f95c9891bd387925c
- Model control
- Not validated as a model control
Depicted physical closeness
Work-specific source observation
Spatial/contact relationship between depicted figures, not proof of actual kinship, artist intention, universal tenderness or viewer affect.
Scope & record details
- Claim
- mary-cassatt-claim:f40edc51abc21df1
- Concept
- proposed:depicted-physical-closeness
- Target
- work:aic-111442
- Polarity / modality
- positive / asserted
- Quantifier
- work_specific
- Review
- same agent source identity span scope and medium review; independent review pending
- Source span
- 67–95 · Unicode character offsets in the retained record
- Source identity
- 73d27c652e22f94360bcf6bef004be9e6b0157c3c5ab747f95c9891bd387925c
- Model control
- Not validated as a model control
Documented collaboration context
Work-specific source observation
NGA reports Cassatt's letter about Degas helping, with probable participation in the corner. Preserve probability and region; do not assert certain authorship of every mark or artist-only ownership of this trait.
Scope & record details
- Claim
- mary-cassatt-claim:482b2aacf4317ac5
- Concept
- proposed:documented-collaboration-context
- Target
- work:nga-61368
- Polarity / modality
- positive / probable
- Quantifier
- work_specific
- Review
- same agent source identity span scope and medium review; independent review pending
- Source span
- 19–47 · Unicode character offsets in the retained record
- Source identity
- 3ae3384831103b163ab6075a4d71e14b250fb379d189564683f8180251c36bf3
- Model control
- Not validated as a model control
Documented model and represented-role distinction
Work-specific source observation
Met states models were unrelated although posed as mother/child. The represented family role does not establish actual kinship or a requirement that generated figures have that relationship.
Scope & record details
- Claim
- mary-cassatt-claim:5db47c9bf1be1ed4
- Concept
- proposed:documented-model-role-context
- Target
- work:met-10425
- Polarity / modality
- positive / asserted
- Quantifier
- work_specific
- Review
- same agent source identity span scope and medium review; independent review pending
- Source span
- 0–20 · Unicode character offsets in the retained record
- Source identity
- 64343d706e20aa270f87ebdce1022710364a54cdf145b7062b64ff66eeb78864
- Model control
- Not validated as a model control
Economical form description
Work-specific source observation
Proposed shared economy relation is localized to elaborate chair-fabric patterns in this work. It does not imply a known exact stroke count, identical Sargent handling or complete sparsity across the picture.
Scope & record details
- Claim
- mary-cassatt-claim:6e1a8ffe08105ce0
- Concept
- proposed:economical-form-description
- Target
- work:nga-61368
- Polarity / modality
- positive / asserted
- Quantifier
- work_specific
- Review
- same agent source identity span scope and medium review; independent review pending
- Source span
- 0–18 · Unicode character offsets in the retained record
- Source identity
- 3ae3384831103b163ab6075a4d71e14b250fb379d189564683f8180251c36bf3
- Model control
- Not validated as a model control
Pervasive surface pattern
Work-specific source observation
Pattern extends across this work, beyond just an enclosing border or a separate background field. It is a scoped appearance description, not literal every-pixel pattern.
Scope & record details
- Claim
- mary-cassatt-claim:a1605438f1a263ee
- Concept
- proposed:pervasive-surface-pattern
- Target
- work:aic-111442
- Polarity / modality
- positive / asserted
- Quantifier
- work_specific
- Review
- same agent source identity span scope and medium review; independent review pending
- Source span
- 45–66 · Unicode character offsets in the retained record
- Source identity
- 73d27c652e22f94360bcf6bef004be9e6b0157c3c5ab747f95c9891bd387925c
- Model control
- Not validated as a model control
Use a steep high viewpoint
Work-specific source observation
Specific composition of The Child's Bath; not all Cassatt work or proof that all scene elements obey one calibrated camera model.
Scope & record details
- Claim
- mary-cassatt-claim:911c5bd3416da7ed
- Concept
- proposed:steep-high-viewpoint
- Target
- work:aic-111442
- Polarity / modality
- positive / asserted
- Quantifier
- work_specific
- Review
- same agent source identity span scope and medium review; independent review pending
- Source span
- 0–22 · Unicode character offsets in the retained record
- Source identity
- 73d27c652e22f94360bcf6bef004be9e6b0157c3c5ab747f95c9891bd387925c
- Model control
- Not validated as a model control
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What should not carry over automatically?
- Every Cassatt work requires a mother and child
- A depicted family is actual kinship
- Interpreted figure mood is viewer emotion
- Probable collaboration is certain sole authorship
- A landscape adaptation proves artist-wide style transfer
- A historical monochrome reference supplies current colours
- No child, dog, chairs, bathing or sewing scene copied into garden.
- No invisible bridge invented as photographed evidence.
- No scanned caption, border, signature or reproduction marks transferred.
- No claim of measured minimal vocabulary or historical hand.
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Reference: reference:mary-cassatt · Profile: style:mary-cassatt:landmark-evidence-v1
Inventory snapshot: 2026-10-25 · Research revision: b8bb26db507f0cccb280a37df419e51fe667c73a
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