The Cup of Tea (La tasse de thé)

1883

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint on Van Gelder laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.8 x 25.1 cm (7 x 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 32.8 cm (10 x 12 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.150.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 15, State iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andre Candillier, Paris); purchased 2006 by NGA.

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

upper center of plate: AB Londres 1883; lower left in graphite:tiré a 7; lower right in graphite: Besnard / 15

Markings

None.

Watermarks

"Van Gelder Zonen"

Wikidata ID

Q76335232

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