In the Embers (Dans les cendres), 1887

Not on View

etching, drypoint, and roulette on wove paper

image: 40.2 × 28.7 cm (15 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
plate: 42.4 × 31.1 cm (16 11/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

sheet: 46.5 × 33.8 cm (18 5/16 × 13 5/16 in.)

Delteil, no. 67, State iii/iii

1943.3.1476

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

"ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "31" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

2009: The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

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.