The Dancer of Tanjore (La bayadère de Tanjore)
1914
Medium
etching, drypoint, and printed tone on Fabriano wove paper
Dimensions
image: 27.4 × 21.6 cm (10 13/16 × 8 1/2 in.) plate: 29.8 × 24 cm (11 3/4 × 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 44.4 × 29.3 cm (17 1/2 × 11 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.28.5
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...