
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 14.7 × 10.7 cm (5 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
sheet (irreg.): 26.1 × 18.3 cm (10 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1943.3.1487
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 190, State ii/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Louis E. Stern [1886-1962], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 20 November 1936, lot 172); 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. "[illeg.] etat" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "172" lower left margin, graphite unknown hand. "66.190 Albert Besnard" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "14350 b" 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
"MBM"
Wikidata ID
Q64952390