Three Veiled Women (Trois femmes voilées)

1899

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Albert Besnard

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27 x 20.2 cm (10 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.7 x 25.5 cm (12 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.4.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 119, 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: Tiré à 75 no 11; by later hand, lower center in graphite: TROIS FEMMES VOILÉES (ETUDE POUR L'ILE HEUREUSE) G119 FNR $240; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 199; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: CXX

Markings

None.

Watermarks

"VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q75124582

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