The Plumed Turban
Albert Besnard
1901
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 24 × 18.2 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 28 cm (14 3/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
71908
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...