Model Asleep on the Floor (Le modèle endormi à terre)
Albert Besnard
1885
Medium
etching, roulette, and drypoint in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.8 x 23.7 cm (7 x 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 19.2 x 27.9 cm (7 9/16 x 11 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Number
1997.91.10
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...