Robert Besnard, Le fils de l'artiste a neuf ans (Robert Besnard, the Artist's Son at Nine Years Old)
Albert Besnard, French, 1849 - 1934
1891
Etching on wove paper
Plate: 8 15/16 × 4 3/4 in. (22.7 × 12 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (27.8 × 20 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
PR.2004.34.1
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper left: Robert James / 1891 / AB [AB in ligature]; signed, in graphite, lower right margin: ABesnard; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: 98; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower center: VTXX; reverse, stamped, in brown ink, lower right: ALBERT / [indistinct] VENTE / BESNARD [encircled]
Provenance
Pia Gallo Fine Old Master and Modern Prints, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
Delteil 98
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