Jules Destrée

1917

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on Van Gelder laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.8 x 25 cm (12 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 33 x 25.5 cm (13 x 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1993.71.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 178, State vi/vi (artist's proof)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Vente Albert Besnard (stamped on verso, Lugt undescribed); Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1993.

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 left in plate: Rome 1917; lower left in graphite: 2e Etat Epreuve d'artiste; lower right in graphite: Besnard; by later hand, lower center in graphite: 178

Markings

(Albert Besnard stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 3440).

Watermarks

VAN GELDER ZONEN

Wikidata ID

Q75124648

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