1993.101: Landscape

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1993.101

People

Rodolphe Bresdin, French (La Fresne, France 1822 - 1885 Sèvres, France)

Title

Landscape

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/293630

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 5.4 x 9.2 cm (2 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: l.r. of mount, black ink, stamped: RB [monogram] [not in Lugt]
• inscription: u.c., black ink, inscribed: le ciel gris [suggested by David P. Becker]
• inscription: l.r., graphite, inscribed: no. 66a
• inscription: verso: center of mount, graphite, inscribed: Bruikleen 93
• inscription: mat, l.r. of sheet, graphite, inscribed: 93. / x le ciel gris

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

1993.101

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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