The Silk Gown (La robe de soie)

1887

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.8 × 23.7 cm (14 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.5 × 32.6 cm (18 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.1475

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 66, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • French Prints of the 19th Century from the Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, Mexico City, 1945, no. 31.

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

"ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "1er Etat" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "A. Besnard: La Robe de Soie 1 Etat/sur 3 (to Rare) lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "3" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "33x29" verso, lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64952369

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