Pompilia

1919

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.9 x 10.8 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 17.1 x 13.4 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.4.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 188, State i/iii

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: 1 etat nature 1 epr; by later hand; lower left in graphite: 188 I Pompilia

Markings

None.

Watermarks

[horn in shield]

Wikidata ID

Q75124670

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