Harvard Art Museums > 1993.85: Kneeling Woman Reading a Book Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Kneeling Woman Reading a Book (Rodolphe Bresdin) , 1993.85,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/293628. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1993.85 People Rodolphe Bresdin, French (La Fresne, France 1822 - 1885 Sèvres, France) Title Kneeling Woman Reading a Book Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 19th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/293628 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper Dimensions actual: 7 x 3.5 cm (2 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks stamp: l.r. of mount, black ink, stamped: RB [monogram] [not in Lugt] inscription: verso: l.c. of mount, graphite, inscribed: Bruikleen 81 inscription: mat, right of sheet, graphite, inscribed: 81 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Rodolphe Bresdin. estate stamp (not in Lugt) Paul Bresdin. artist's son D. G. Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, 1930. D. Loenen, Amsterdam. Adolph Schwarz, Amsterdam-Amstelveen. Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, CA. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from R.M. Light & Co., 1991, sold to HUAM, 1993. Long term loan to HUAM from June 1991 to 1993 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund and Richard Norton Memorial Fund Accession Year 1993 Object Number 1993.85 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Dirk van Gelder, Rodolphe Bresdin, Martinus Nijhoff (La Haye, 1976), vol. 1, p. 194, fig. 155 David P. Becker, "Reading Bresdin Reading", Dear Print Fan: A Festschrift for Marjorie B. Cohn, ed. Craigen Bowen, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), pp. 11-18, fig. 5, p. 14 Exhibition History Collecting for Harvard: Works Acquired through the Generosity of Melvin R. Seiden, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/03/1993 - 08/15/1993 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
