Confidences

1900

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Albert Besnard

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27 x 20.2 cm (10 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.2 x 23.7 cm (12 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.145.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 128, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 13, 1977; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: ABesnard; lower left in graphite: 128

Markings

"RCK" (Ruth Cole Kainen's collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 4740). (Albert Besnard's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 3440).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q76335205

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