Self-Portrait
1893
Medium
collotype in black on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 17.2 x 11.7 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.) plate: 21.1 x 14.1 cm (8 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.) sheet: 32 x 24.7 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Number
1993.71.6
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...