Art, literature & history
By the Lamp (Sous la Lampe)
c. 1926
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching on laid paper (proof impression of the first state)
- Dimensions
- plate: 26.8 × 20.7 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 38.8 × 28.4 cm (15 1/4 × 11 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1991.28.17
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Albert Besnard. By the Lamp (Sous la Lampe). Albert Besnard; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
By the Lamp (Sous la Lampe) — Albert Besnard. c. 1926.
Medium: etching on laid paper (proof impression of the first state).
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 26.8 × 20.7 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 38.8 × 28.4 cm (15 1/4 × 11 3/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1991.28.17. 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.