Pierre Copies the Virgin from the Portal of the Church of Marly (Pierre Copie la Vierge du Portail de L'Église de Marly)

1885

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

The image shows a person standing on the left side under an archway, while a group consisting of two adults and an infant is seated on steps on the right side. The standing person has dark hair and wears a long dark garment. The individual is facing the group with their hand resting against their garment. One adult in the group wears a suit or jacket and the other adult, possibly a woman, has long hair and is holding an infant wrapped up. In the background, there are buildings, trees, and a sunlit setting visible through an open archway framing the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.6 × 8.1 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/16 in.)
    plate: 17 × 10.5 cm (6 11/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 31 × 22.2 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.71.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 29, State vii/ix

  • Series Title

    L'Affaire Clémenceau: pl. 2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1993.

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

lower right below image in plate: ABesnard inv et fec; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 7/9; by later hand, lower right in graphite: D. 29 vii/ix

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q75124536

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