Robert Besnard, 1891

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Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.8 x 12.1 cm (9 x 4 3/4 in.)

sheet: 32.4 x 25 cm (12 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 98, State only

Accession Number

1996.136.8

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left plate: Robert / 7 ans 1/2 / 1891 / AB; lower right in graphite: ABesnard; lower left in graphite: Tiré à 100; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 98; by later hand, lower center in graphite: -D-; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 600; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 33

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor

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.