Seated Nude with Her Arm Resting on Her Leg (Femme nue assise, le bras appuyé sur la jambe)

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Albert Besnard

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.4 x 11.8 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.8 x 25.1 cm (12 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.91.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, undescribed

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.

Inscriptions

lower left below plate mark in graphite: 2e Etat; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower left in graphite: G.N.D; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Femme nue accoudie; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: c. 555

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q75406686

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