Pope Benedict XV (Benoit XV), 1917

Not on View

Medium

etching and aquatint on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.7 x 23.7 cm (11 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

sheet: 32.5 x 25.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 182, State only

Accession Number

1991.28.13

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: ABesnard; lower left in graphite: 1e Etat tire a 2; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Pape Benoit XV; by later hand, lower center in graphite: D.; by later hand, lLv//in graphite: 182-3; lCv//in graphite: epreuve reprod[?] par Delteil; lRv//stamped : AB (Lugt 67a)

Marks and Labels

(Albert Besnard stamp) verso, purple stamped ink, Lugt 67a.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

Bibliography

1906: Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.