La Muse Accoudée, 1884

Not on View

Medium

etching on JCA France laid paper

Dimensions

image: 22 × 16.8 cm (8 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
plate: 23.5 × 17.8 cm (9 1/4 × 7 in.)

sheet: 31.6 × 23.6 cm (12 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 17, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.1485

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

"AB" center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "La Muse accoudée" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "EE615" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "2/48" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "14340" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.