Robert Besnard
1891
Artist, French, 1849 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on Van Gelder laid paper
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
1996.136.8
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 98, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1996.
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
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
Markings
None.
Watermarks
VAN GELDER ZONEN
Wikidata ID
Q75403761