Flirtation, plate six from Woman
Albert Besnard
c. 1886
Medium
Etching, aquatint and drypoint on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Plate: 31.9 × 24.7 cm (12 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Sheet: 39.4 × 31.2 cm (15 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27850
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...