The Dancer of Tanjore (La bayadère de Tanjore)
1914
Albert Besnard
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, and printed tone in brown on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
plate: 29.3 x 23.8 cm (11 9/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
sheet: 40.4 x 31.3 cm (15 7/8 x 12 5/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1991.28.6
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 174, State ii/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1990.
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
lower right in graphite: ABesnard / Deuxieme etat, Tiree a dix; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 174; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 162
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q74888062