The Rape (Le Viol)

c. 1886

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

The image shows two individuals, partially visible from the lower legs upwards. The person on the left is leaning backward, holding onto a door with both hands while being embraced from behind by the second person. The first person has their head slightly turned away with a neat, low bun hairstyle. The second person, in a slightly right position, has a tousled hairstyle. Both individuals are wearing full-length garments. The setting includes a door behind them and a floor with visible tiling or parquet pattern lines.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

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

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

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

Markings

None.

Watermarks

"HALLINES 1890"

Wikidata ID

Q75120976

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