In the Embers (Dans les cendres)
1887
Medium
etching, drypoint, and roulette on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 40.2 × 28.7 cm (15 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.) plate: 42.4 × 31.1 cm (16 11/16 × 12 1/4 in.) sheet: 46.5 × 33.8 cm (18 5/16 × 13 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1476
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...