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Albert Besnard

Nude Woman by a Looking Glass (Femme Nue Auprès d'une Glace), 1889

Not on View

Medium

etching on green laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 10.8 x 13.2 cm (4 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.)

sheet: 15.3 x 19.3 cm (6 x 7 5/8 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. 85, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1992.59.17

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower center in graphite: T.; by later hand, across top verso in graphite: Femme nue vue à m[illegible] dans / un mirroir / 40; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 85

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

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

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.

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