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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1993.141
People
Rodolphe Bresdin, French (La Fresne, France 1822 - 1885 Sèvres, France)
Title
Sheet of Studies, Soldiers Carrying a Stretcher, Figures, Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294255

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 7.8 x 7.3 cm (3 1/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: l.r. of mount, black ink, stamped: RB [monogram] [not in Lugt]
  • inscription: l.l. of mount, graphite, inscribed: [illegible] 24
  • inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite, inscribed: 12 / 123 [crossed out]
  • inscription: verso: center of mount, graphite, inscribed: Bruikleen 24
  • inscription: verso: u.l. of mount, graphite, inscribed: 12
  • inscription: mat, right of sheet, graphite, blue ink, inscribed: 24 T No 12

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
1993.141
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • J. W. Niemeijer, De Verzameling van A. Schwarz, exh. cat., Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1968), p. 9, cat. no. 12
  • Dirk van Gelder, Rodolphe Bresdin, Martinus Nijhoff (La Haye, 1976), vol. 1, p. 171, fig. 144

Exhibition History

  • De Verzameling van A. Schwarz, Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 09/01/1968 - 12/31/1968

Verification Level

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