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Inscription

"ABesnard" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "1er Etat" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "A. Besnard: La Robe de Soie 1 Etat/sur 3 (to Rare) lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "3" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "33x29" verso, lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Exhibition History

1945
French Prints of the 19th Century from the Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, Mexico City, 1945, no. 31.

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.

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