A Lady with a Rose
artist
Albert Besnard
(Paris, 1849 - 1934, Paris)
Datebefore 1892
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumPastel on grey paper
Dimensions54 x 44 cm (21 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP3s29
eMuseum ID718740
EmbARK ObjectID10724
TMS Source ID1
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesSociété de Pastellistes Français, huitème anné: exposition annuelle. Exh. cat. (Paris: Galerie Georges Petit, 1892), p. 8. (either no. 2 "Portrait de Mlle. M.D." or no. 3 "Portrait de Mlle. L.")
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 2. (entitled "Woman's Head (pastel)")
John La Farge et al (eds.). Noteworthy Paintings in American Private Collections, vol. 1 (New York, 1907), p. 8.
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), pp. 125-26.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 44.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 31.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 26, ill.
Christine Gouzi. "Collectionner Albert Besnard aux États-Unis: amateurs, donateurs et philanthropes" in Christine Gouzi (ed.). "Le Temps d'Albert Besnard." L'Atelier: Bulletin de l'association (2007), pp. 52, 68, no. 15.
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 2. (entitled "Woman's Head (pastel)")
John La Farge et al (eds.). Noteworthy Paintings in American Private Collections, vol. 1 (New York, 1907), p. 8.
Morris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), pp. 125-26.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 44.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 31.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 26, ill.
Christine Gouzi. "Collectionner Albert Besnard aux États-Unis: amateurs, donateurs et philanthropes" in Christine Gouzi (ed.). "Le Temps d'Albert Besnard." L'Atelier: Bulletin de l'association (2007), pp. 52, 68, no. 15.
MarksNotesInscribed (left, level with the woman's mouth): ABesnard (the initials in monogram)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Albert Besnard, Paris for 2,000 francs around April 1892, after she saw it at the eighth annual Société de Pastellistes Français show at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris.
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