Seated Nude with Her Arm Resting on Her Leg (Femme nue assise, le bras appuyé sur la jambe)
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934
Albert Besnard
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on wove paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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