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Benedict Masson

“Devant sa femme”

1870

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“Devant sa femme”

Benedict Masson

“Devant sa femme”

Benedict Masson

“Devant sa femme”

1870

Physical Qualities Brush and brown ink over graphite, Sheet: 306 × 198 mm. (12 1/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Léonce Rabillon
Object Number 1929.3.22c
Soldier from the rear, sword at his side, looking over his shoulder, hands on hips.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1929; Léonce Rabillon, Jr., Baltimore, by inheritance, 1886; Léonce Rabillon

Inscribed: RECTO: BC, ink, 'devant sa femme!'; LR, ink, 'BM'

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Benedict Masson

1818–1892

French, 1819-1893
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