Eve before the Apple Tree (Eve de dos devant le pommier)
Albert Besnard
1892
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.9 x 23.9 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 25.3 x 32.8 cm (9 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Number
1994.4.16
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...