Eve, 1886

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid Van Gelder paper

Dimensions

plate: 17.8 × 13 cm (7 × 5 1/8 in.)

sheet: 22.4 × 17.1 cm (8 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 108, State only

Accession Number

1943.3.1471

Artists / Makers

Albert Besnard (artist) French, 1849 - 1934

Image Use

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Inscription

"ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "1710" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "164" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Marks and Labels

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

Louis E. Stern [1886-1962], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 20 November 1936, lot 164); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Stern, Louis E.

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.