1993.135: Group of Soldiers

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1993.135

People

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

Title

Group of Soldiers

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/294518

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on darkened tracing paper, mounted to laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 7.3 x 5.8 cm (2 7/8 x 2 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: l.r. of mount, black ink, stamped: RB [monogram] [not in Lugt]
• inscription: l.r. of mount on fold, graphite, inscribed: 71
• inscription: verso: center of mount, graphite, inscribed: Bruikleen 18
• inscription: mat, right of sheet, red pencil, inscribed: 18

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

1993.135

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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