Woman in a Cape
Albert Besnard
1889
Medium
Etching, drypoint and roulette on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 23.2 × 15.7 cm (9 3/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 25 cm (12 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27883
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...