A Martyr (Un martyre), 1883

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Medium

etching on Canson & Mongolfier laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 36.6 × 28.5 cm (14 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

sheet: 46.6 × 31.2 cm (18 3/8 × 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 12, State iii/iii

Accession Number

1943.3.1474

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

"ABesnard / 1883" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "un martyre è état" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. "L.G.12 III Un martyr" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.

Provenance

(sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 28 April 1937, lot 23); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.