Prostitution (La Prostitution)
Albert Besnard
c. 1886
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
plate: 31.6 x 24.6 cm (12 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.) sheet: 50.5 x 32.5 cm (19 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Number
1996.136.5
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...