The Lute Player (La joueuse de luth), 1922

Not on View

Medium

etching in black and brown on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 20.6 x 26.9 cm (8 1/8 x 10 9/16 in.)

sheet: 28.2 x 43.3 cm (11 1/8 x 17 1/16 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. 192, State i/iv

Accession Number

1992.59.3

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: nature au chiffon par epreuve 1er etat; lower right in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 26665 NK; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: BESNARD-Lute Player

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1992

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.