Paysanne bêchant (Peasant Laboring)
1890
Artist, French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint in black touched with graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 15.9 x 11.8 cm (6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
sheet: 23 x 16.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1995.23.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 95, State viii/x (proof)
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Martin and Liane Atlas, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1995.
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 graphite: 8e etat No 2 / Paysanne béchant; by later hand, lower left in graphite: D. 95 viii/10. / 8258; by later hand, lower right in graphite: C36196.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 16142; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 22
Watermarks
crown (cut off)
Wikidata ID
Q75393519