Misery (La Misère)
c. 1886
Medium
etching, aquatint, drypoint, and printed tone on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 31.9 x 24.7 cm (12 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 51.5 x 32.2 cm (20 1/4 x 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Number
1996.136.4
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...