Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (La Reine Élisabeth de Belgique), 1917

Not on View

Medium

etching, drypoint, and printed tone on Arches laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 30.3 x 24.7 cm (11 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

sheet: 35.7 x 28.5 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 179, State vii/vii

Accession Number

1991.28.12

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: ABesnard; lower left in graphite: tirage (undeciphered) 3e epreuve etat definitif tiree a 75 No 6; by later hand, lower center in graphite: T; by later hand, lR //in graphite: G.170; uTv//in graphite: La Reine de Belges / 52; by later hand, lLv// in graphite: 5

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

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.