Mary Cassatt preferred to use friends, relatives, and close acquaintances as her models. Susan was a cousin of Cassatt’s housekeeper Mathilde Valet and frequently posed for Cassatt in the early 1880s.
The Child's Bath
Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)
On a Balcony
Sleepy Nicolle
Mary Cassatt American, 1844-1926
After the Bullfight