Small Fishing Boats of Berck (Petites Pêcheuses de Berck)
Albert Besnard
1897
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.2 x 17.2 cm (4 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 15.7 x 13.9 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.4
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...