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

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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

Print

Research Area

Print

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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