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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1993.161
People
Rodolphe Bresdin, French (La Fresne, France 1822 - 1885 Sèvres, France)
Title
Biblical Subjects, including the Flight into Egypt, Massacre of the Innocents, Christ Washing the Feet
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294522

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 22.4 x 11.4 cm (8 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • blind stamp: l.r. corner of drawing and mount: RB [monogram] [not in Lugt]
  • inscription: l.l. of mount, graphite, inscribed: H
  • inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite, inscribed: Etude sur la / Nativite de / N.S. Jesus
  • inscription: verso: l.c. of mount, graphite, inscribed: Bruikleen 88
  • inscription: verso: l.r. of mount, graphite, inscribed: 174 /58H [?]
  • inscription: mat, l.r. of sheet, graphite, red pencil, blue ink, inscribed: 88 . T No 13

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
1993.161
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Compare ass with lowered head (to the left, below the Flight into Egypt) with the etching Van Gelder, 138I, 1871.

Publication History

  • J. W. Niemeijer, De Verzameling van A. Schwarz, exh. cat., Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1968), p. 10, cat. no. 13, repr. fig 28
  • Dirk van Gelder, Rodolphe Bresdin, Martinus Nijhoff (La Haye, 1976), vol. 1, p. 121, fig. 126
  • Dirk van Gelder and John Sillevis, Rodolphe Bresdin: 1822-1885, exh. cat., Staatsuitgeverij ('s-Gravenhage, 1978), p. 200, cat no. 182, repr.

Exhibition History

  • De Verzameling van A. Schwarz, Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 09/01/1968 - 12/31/1968
  • Rodolphe Bresdin: 1822-1885, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, 10/27/1978 - 01/14/1979

Verification Level

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