La Flore de le Gros
Albert Besnard
1899
Medium
etching, drypoint, and printed tone on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 20.8 × 14.7 cm (8 3/16 × 5 13/16 in.) sheet: 40.2 × 29.3 cm (15 13/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1478
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...