Carmen Standing in the Nude (Carmen nue debout)
Albert Besnard
1886
Medium
etching and drypoint on Van Gelder laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 28.9 x 16.1 cm (11 3/8 x 6 5/16 in.) sheet: 32.7 x 19.9 cm (12 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Number
1997.91.2
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...