Jules Destrée
1917
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on BFK Rives laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 30.6 x 24.8 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
sheet: 38.6 x 30.7 cm (15 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1993.71.16
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 178, State vi/vi
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
by later hand, lower left in graphite: Destrée; by later hand, lower center in graphite: L.G. 178 / T; by later hand, upper right verso in ink: Destrée ministre des Arts et Lettres / deputé Charleroi 1913 / envoyé mission à Rome en 191[8]; by later hand, lower right verso in ink: Jules Destrées / Ministre Arts et Lettres / deputé Charleroi / 191[8]
Markings
None.
Watermarks
"BFK Rives"
Wikidata ID
Q75124650