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

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

The image is an etching of a nude figure from the knees up, seated with one leg crossed over the other. The person's face is turned slightly to the side, with one hand resting against their cheek. Their hair is short and textured, and they are not wearing any clothing. There are no visible objects around them, and the background features shaded areas with cross-hatched textures resembling a wall. In the bottom right corner, there is a signature that reads "A. Besnard."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on Arches laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.3 × 11.9 cm (6 13/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.9 × 24.8 cm (12 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.91.12

  • 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 right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower center in graphite: -D-; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 22551; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 30

Markings

None.

Watermarks

"Arches"

Wikidata ID

Q75406689

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