Art, literature & history
Robert Besnard and His Donkey (Robert Besnard et son ane)
1888
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching, aquatint, and drypoint on BFK Rives wove paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 23.9 x 18.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.) sheet: 32.2 x 24.8 cm (12 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1996.136.7
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Albert Besnard. Robert Besnard and His Donkey (Robert Besnard et son ane). Paul-Albert Besnard; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Besnard,_Robert_Besnard_and_His_Donkey_(Robert_Besnard_et_son_ane),_1888,_NGA_98277.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Robert Besnard and His Donkey (Robert Besnard et son ane) — Albert Besnard. 1888.
Medium: etching, aquatint, and drypoint on BFK Rives wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 23.9 x 18.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.) sheet: 32.2 x 24.8 cm (12 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1996.136.7. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.