The Rape (Le Viol), c. 1886

Not on View

La Femme

etching with graphite additions on laid paper

plate: 32 x 24.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

sheet: 45.8 x 31.6 cm (18 1/16 x 12 7/16 in.)

Delteil, no. 54, State i/ii

1992.59.14

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

across bottom in graphite: épreuve 1e etat retouchée au crayon imprimée par moi ABesnard; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 1449

None.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1992

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

2009: The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

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.