Woman in a Cape (La Femme à la Pelerine)
Albert Besnard
1889
Medium
etching, drypoint, and roulette on imitation vellum paper
Dimensions
plate: 23.5 x 15.8 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 47.2 x 31 cm (18 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Number
1994.4.10
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...