Nude Holding Her Leg (Femme nue se tenant la jambe)

1886

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • 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

  • 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


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