Eve before the Apple Tree (Eve de dos devant le pommier)
1892
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 17.9 x 23.9 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 25.3 x 32.8 cm (9 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1994.4.16
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 101, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1994.
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 in plate: ABesnard; lower right within plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; lower right in plate: EVE; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: G. 101 ii/ii
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q75124570