Robert de Montesquiou, 1899

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 20.8 x 14.7 cm (8 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

sheet: 40.2 x 29.5 cm (15 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 126, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1992.59.23

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: ABesnard; by later hand, lower center in graphite: D; by later hand, upper center verso in purple pencil: Serie pour une illustration au livre de / Mr de Montequiou sur Versailles / Portrait de Mr de Montesquiou / Premiere épreuve; by later hand, center left verso in graphite: No 66 / Les Perls rouges / Montesquiou

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 1992.

Associated Names

Bell, Daniel, Professor and Mrs.

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.