1993.97: Landscape with a City

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1993.97

People

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

Title

Landscape with a City

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/293829

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Dimensions

actual: 5.5 x 8.1 cm (2 3/16 x 3 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.l. corner of mount, graphite, inscribed: 29
• inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite, inscribed: Etude de Ville II
• inscription: verso: center of mount, graphite, inscribed: Bruikleen 35
• inscription: mat, right of sheet, graphite, inscribed: 35

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

1993.97

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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