Jules Destrée

1917

Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on Fabriano wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.7 x 24.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.6 x 33.1 cm (19 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1993.71.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 178, State i/vi


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Vente Albert Besnard (stamped on verso, Lugt undescribed); 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 plate mark in graphite: 1 Etat; lower center below plate mark in graphite: tiré à 10; lower center below plate mark in graphite: 4; lower right below plate mark in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 178

Markings

(Albert Besnard stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 3440).

Watermarks

P.M. FABRIANO

Wikidata ID

Q75124615


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