Art, literature & history
The Rape (Le Viol)
c. 1886
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching with graphite additions on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 32 x 24.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 45.8 x 31.6 cm (18 1/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1992.59.14
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Albert Besnard. The Rape (Le Viol). 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,_The_Rape_(Le_Viol),_c._1886,_NGA_78715.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Rape (Le Viol) — Albert Besnard. c. 1886.
Medium: etching with graphite additions on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 32 x 24.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 45.8 x 31.6 cm (18 1/16 x 12 7/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1992.59.14. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.
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.