Self-Portrait

1893

Albert Besnard

Associated Names
Albert Besnard

Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

The image is an illustration of the upper half of a man's body. He is shown in a relaxed, frontal position with a beard, mustache, and short hair. His eyes are looking forward. He is wearing a loose garment or cloak, and the sketch is set against a plain background with shading lines. The artist's signature and the date "1893" are visible beside the man's head.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.2 x 11.7 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
    plate: 21.1 x 14.1 cm (8 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 32 x 24.7 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.71.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, undescribed

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

center right in plate: Besnard / 1893.; by later hand, across bottom in graphite: FROM ROGER-MARX BOOK ON BESNARD REPROD/ Self-Portrait; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Portrait; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: ya

Markings

None.

Watermarks

"MBM"

Wikidata ID

Q75124695

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