The Feathered Turban (Le turban à aigrette)
1901
Medium
etching and drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 19.5 × 17.6 cm (7 11/16 × 6 15/16 in.) plate: 24 × 18.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.) sheet: 41.8 × 31 cm (16 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Number
1997.91.5
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...