A Family (Une Famille)
Albert Besnard
1890
Medium
etching, aquatint and soft ground on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.9 × 11.6 cm (6 1/4 × 4 9/16 in.) sheet: 32.6 × 22.8 cm (12 13/16 × 9 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)
Accession Number
2015.19.1537
About the Artist
Albert Besnard
Paul-Albert Besnard, known as Albert Besnard, was born on June 2, 1849, in Paris to an artistic family: his father, Louis Adolphe Ferdinand Besnard, was a history painter and pupil of Ingres, while his mother, Marie Louise Pauline Vaillant, was a noted miniaturist trained under Lizinska de Mirbel. Precociously talented, he began his training under Jean-François Brémond before entering the École de...