What is The Cup of Tea?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Cassatt Mary The Cup of Tea 1880.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Cup of Tea'']] '''''The Cup of Tea''''' is an [[oil painting]] on canvas by [[Mary Cassatt]]. It was painted about 1880. It measures 36 3/8 x 25 3/4 in. (92.4 x 65.4 cm). The picture hangs in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York City]]. The artist made the tea ritual the subject of a series of works painted around 1880-81. The model was her sister, Lydia, who often posed for her. Cassatt showed the painting to critical acclaim in the 1881 Impressionist exhibition.<ref>[http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/20010734?rpp=15&pg=2&rndkey=20130201&high=on&ft=*&pos=16 ''The Cup of Tea''] Metropolitan Museum of Art</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cup of Tea}} [[Category:1880s paintings]] [[Category:Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City]] [[Category:American paintings]] {{stub}}