Small Fishing Boats of Berck (Petites Pêcheuses de Berck)

1897

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Albert Besnard

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.2 x 17.2 cm (4 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 15.7 x 13.9 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 111

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Madeleine Fortunoff Fine Prints, Locust Valley, New York); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 8, 1992; gift to NGA, 2002.

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

by the artist, lower right in graphite: A. Besnard

Markings

"JK" (Jacob Kainen collector's stamp), verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 4737).

Watermarks

"JCA France"

Wikidata ID

Q76335201

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