Four Men Praying (?) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1993.94
People: Rodolphe Bresdin, French (La Fresne, France 1822 - 1885 Sèvres, France)
Title: Four Men Praying (?)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/293828

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink on tracing paper, darkened and adhered to white card and mounted to rag paper

Dimensions

actual: 2.1 x 4.7 cm (13/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite, inscribed: Bruikleen 1 / 37
inscription: mat, right of sheet, red pencil, inscribed: 1

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: 1993.94
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Uneven edges.

Verification Level

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