The Cup of Tea (La tasse de thé)
Albert Besnard
1883
Medium
etching and drypoint with monoprint inking on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.6 x 25.1 cm (6 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.) sheet: 19.1 x 26.5 cm (7 1/2 x 10 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2005.151.1
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...