The Letter to Madame Henry (La lettre à Madame Henry)
Albert Besnard
1885
Medium
etching in black on cream Arches laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 16.7 x 11.5 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 30.8 x 22 cm (12 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Number
1993.71.2
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...