Sadness (Tristesse)
1887
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Artwork overview
-
Medium
etching on cream laid paper
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
plate: 15 x 9.8 cm (5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
sheet: 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 in.) -
Accession
1993.71.3
-
Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 61, State ii/iii
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 left in plate: AB; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Tristesse G. 61; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 13564
Markings
None.
Watermarks
ARCHES
Wikidata ID
Q75124540