The Murder (Le Meurtre)
1885
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint on green laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 16.9 x 11.3 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
sheet: 27.5 x 21.7 cm (10 13/16 x 8 9/16 in.) -
Accession
1992.59.12
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 37, State ii/ix
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1992.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2009
The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010
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
by later hand, lower right in graphite: 5 / 2/9; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: D. 37
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q75120971