Eve before the Apple Tree (Eve de dos devant le pommier), 1892

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Medium

etching on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 101, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1994.4.16

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

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.