A Martyr (Un martyre)
Albert Besnard
1883
Medium
etching on Canson & Mongolfier laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 36.6 × 28.5 cm (14 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.) sheet: 46.6 × 31.2 cm (18 3/8 × 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1474
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...