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1896

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

The image shows an engraving of a nude individual. The full body is depicted in a standing position, slightly leaning back. The person's left arm is bent at the elbow and raised, with the forearm resting across the neck and face, partially obscuring the facial features. The head is tilted slightly in profile to the left, with wavy, medium-length hair flowing naturally. There are no visible jewelry or objects in the person's hands. The background consists of dark, diagonal hatching lines that provide texture. The artist's signature is at the bottom right of the engraving.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in brown on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.9 x 13 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.8 x 18.2 cm (9 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.4.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 108, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1994.

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 center in graphite: Ariane; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: I[?] 108

Markings

None.

Watermarks

"A"

Wikidata ID

Q75124578

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