La Muse Accoudée
Albert Besnard
1884
Medium
etching on JCA France laid paper
Dimensions
image: 22 × 16.8 cm (8 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.) plate: 23.5 × 17.8 cm (9 1/4 × 7 in.) sheet: 31.6 × 23.6 cm (12 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1485
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...