Woman with a Vase (La femme au vase)
1894
Albert Besnard
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint in brown with brown wash on brown 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: 20 x 13.8 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
sheet: 25.1 x 18.5 cm (9 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1992.59.20
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 106, State ii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1992.
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
across bottom in graphite: epreuve d'essai [illegible] ABesnard; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 2 St; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 96; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: L.D. 106 2 état F.R.
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q75121014