Birth Announcement for Anne-Élisabeth Besnard (Carte de naissance d'Anne-Élisabeth Besnard)

1922

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.2 x 11.9 cm (6 3/4 x 4 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 x 13.5 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1993.71.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 191, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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 right in graphite: Besnard; across bottom in graphite: (not deciphered) Naissance Anne E. Besnard 1e Et; by later hand?, lower left in graphite: 5; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 5582

Markings

None.

Watermarks

[illeg].

Wikidata ID

Q75124691

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