
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, and printed tone on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 27.1 × 20.1 cm (10 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 48.1 × 34.7 cm (18 15/16 × 13 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.1481
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 157, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Louis E. Stern [1886-1962], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 20 November 1936, lot 168); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
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
"ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Tiree à 100" lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Impression d'artiste" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "168" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "C 145- 8.1779" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "5575/[illeg.]" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q64952382