La Muse Accoudée

1884

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on JCA France laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.1485

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 17, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

"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.

Markings

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

Watermarks

"JCA France", "INGR[ES]"

Wikidata ID

Q64952386

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