Jules Destrée
1917
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 30.3 x 24.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
sheet: 35.3 x 28.8 cm (13 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1993.71.14
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 178, State vi/vi (unique proof)
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: Rome 1917; lower left in graphite: Tirer de varié avant l'effacer / du trait de la joue / epreuve unique / ABesnard / 6e Et; lower right in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower right in graphite: G 178
Markings
None.
Watermarks
"PAB" monogram
Wikidata ID
Q75124632