Zelfportret
Albert Besnard
1896
Medium
brush
Dimensions
177; 133
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
datum: ‘1896’
About the Artist
Albert Besnard · 1849–1934
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...