Nude Holding Her Leg (Femme nue se tenant la jambe)
1886
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 28.6 x 16 cm (11 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
sheet: 32 x 19.5 cm (12 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.) -
Accession
1997.91.6
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 46, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1997.
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.
1920
Coppier, André-Charles. Les Eaux-Fortes de Besnard. Paris: Librairie Berger-Levrault, 1920.
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: AB; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: ISS; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 46
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q75406603