1993.134: Lions, a Dog, a Boar and Two Seated Figures ("Etude de Lions")

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1993.134

People

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

Title

Lions, a Dog, a Boar and Two Seated Figures ("Etude de Lions")

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/294534

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and graphite on tracing paper, mounted to laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 9.2 x 12.3 cm (3 5/8 x 4 13/16 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: 33
• inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite, inscribed: Etude de / lions
• inscription: verso: l.c. of mount, graphite, inscribed: Bruikleen 90
• inscription: mat, right of sheet, graphite, inscribed: 90.

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

1993.134

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Top corners rounded.

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