Eve before the Apple Tree (Eve de dos devant le pommier)

1892

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • 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

  • 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

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