Artworks · Rodolphe Bresdin

The Diplomat and the Anthill, Illustration for Fables and Tales by Hippolyte de Thierry-Faletans

1868 · Lithograph (etching transfer) on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 16.1 × 10.1 cm (6 3/8 × 4 in.); Chine: 17.1 × 10.8 cm (6 3/4 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 28.5 × 40 cm (11 1/4 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Distant City

1868 · Etching and roulette on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 9.7 × 18 cm (3 7/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Chine: 10.8 × 19.3 cm (4 5/16 × 7 5/8 in.); Plate: 13.4 × 21 cm (5 5/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 27.2 × 36 cm (10 3/4 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Holy Family

1868 · Lithograph

composition: 10 1/4 x 7 15/16" (26.1 x 20.1 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 5/16" (44.7 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Entrée du Village

1866 · etching

plate: 17.1 x 9.2 cm (6 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.) sheet: 19 x 11.3 cm (7 1/2 x 4 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Watermill

1866 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 14.1 × 8.2 cm (5 9/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: H.: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.); Sheet: 32.6 × 25.2 cm (12 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rider in the Mountains

1866 · Etching on off-white China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 25.3 × 21.5 cm (10 × 8 1/2 in.); Plate: 30 × 23 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Chine: 33.5 × 22.6 cm (13 1/4 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 41.6 × 31.2 cm (16 7/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Marketplace with Sunshades

1866 · Etching on white laid paper

Image: 14 × 8.3 cm (5 9/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Plate: 16.9 × 9.1 cm (6 11/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 23 × 18.7 cm (9 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

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Oriental Rider in the Mountains

1866 · Etching and roulette on white wove paper

Plate, cut off: H.: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 22.2 cm (12 7/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

City with Stone Bridge

1865 · Etching on white wove paper

Image: 11.9 × 21.7 cm (4 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Plate: 16.2 × 23.8 cm (6 7/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 22 × 31.2 cm (8 11/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

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Fishing Port with Pointed Belltower

1865 · Etching on white wove paper

Plate: 16.4 × 10.8 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 22.3 × 15.8 cm (8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

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Bathers in a Mountain Pool

1865 · Etching and roulette on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 15.9 × 24.3 cm (6 5/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 18 × 25.1 cm (7 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 36.1 cm (10 7/8 × 14 1/4 in.)

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The Holy Family beside a Pool

1865 · Etching on white China paper laid down on white wove paper

6.2 × 6.7 cm (2 1/2 × 2 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

City with Stone Bridge

1865 · Etching on white wove paper

Image: 11.8 × 21.2 cm (4 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Plate/sheet: 16.2 × 24 cm (6 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Washed Up Ships

1864 · Pen and black ink on brown wove card

Primary support: 17.1 × 11.1 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 31.9 × 23.8 cm (12 9/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Good Samaritan

1861 · lithograph on wove paper

image: 56.5 x 44.4 cm (22 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.) sheet: 76.5 x 61.7 cm (30 1/8 x 24 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Farmyard

1861 · etching on chine collé

National Gallery of Art

The Good Samaritan (Le Bon Samaritain)

1861 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Clump of Trees with a Village in the Distance

1861 · Pen and black ink, on cream tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper, tipped onto buff laid paper

15.1 × 9.1 cm (6 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Good Samaritan

1861 · Lithograph on white China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 56.4 × 44.3 cm (22 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.); Sheet: 69 × 55.4 cm (27 3/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Entering a Village, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 14.8 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Plate: 20.8 × 13.5 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 22.5 × 15.8 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

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Entering a Village, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on gray chine

Image: 14.8 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Plate: 20.8 × 13.5 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 29.2 × 20.8 cm (11 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)

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Entering a Village, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on ivory China paper laid down on buff wove paper

Image/primary support: 14.8 × 9.9 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 26.6 × 20.1 cm (10 1/2 × 7 15/16 in.)

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Farm Cottage, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Chine: 13.6 × 9.3 cm (5 3/8 × 3 11/16 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 11.1 cm (6 9/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 21.8 × 16.2 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

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The House with the Curved Façade, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Plate: 10.8 × 9.1 cm (4 5/16 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 22.2 × 16.3 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.)

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Two Women Bathing at Water's Edge, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Plate: 14.1 × 8.1 cm (5 9/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 14.9 cm (8 9/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Neighborhood, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Chine: 14.4 × 9.5 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Plate: 16.7 × 11.1 cm (6 5/8 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 21.1 × 15.4 cm (8 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

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The Thatch-Roofed Farmhouse, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Plate: 10.8 × 9 cm (4 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 20.1 × 14.9 cm (7 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death and the Young Mother, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching and roulette on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 13.7 × 8.8 cm (5 7/16 × 3 1/2 in.); Plate: 17 × 12.3 cm (6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 22 × 15.9 cm (8 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

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Farmyard, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Plate: 9 × 16.9 cm (3 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Sheet: 15.7 × 21 cm (6 3/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

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Frontispiece for the Revue Fantaisiste

1861 · Etching on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

Plate: 21.1 × 13.6 cm (8 5/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 29.7 × 21.5 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.)

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The Good Samaritan

1861 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 3/16 x 17 3/8" (56.4 x 44.2 cm); sheet: 27 15/16 x 22 1/16" (71 x 56 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death and the Young Mother

1861 · Etching and roulette

composition: 5 5/16 x 3 7/16" (13.5 x 8.8 cm); sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 7/16" (13.7 x 8.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Wooden House

1861 · Etching

composition (irreg.): 5 x 3 1/8" (12.7 x 8 cm); sheet: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Title page for La Revue Fantasiste

1861 · Etching and roulette

composition: 6 7/8 x 4 1/2" (17.5 x 11.4 cm); sheet: 8 7/16 x 6 7/16" (21.5 x 16.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Crevasse

1860 · Pen and black ink, on cream tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

21.1 × 15.8 cm (8 5/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moldavian Interior

1859 · Etching on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 16.4 × 11.1 cm (6 1/2 × 4 3/8 in.); Plate: 19.8 × 12.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 27.1 × 17.5 cm (10 11/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

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Moldavian Interior

1859 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.4 × 11.1 cm (6 1/2 × 4 3/8 in.); Plate: 44.2 × 31.5 cm (17 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 31.5 cm (17 9/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oriental Horsewoman in a Desolate Mountain Landscape

1858 · pen and black ink and gray wash on wove paper

overall: 27.7 x 18.2 cm (10 7/8 x 7 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Oriental Horseman in a Desolate Mountain Landscape

1858 · pen and black ink and gray wash on wove paper

overall: 27.8 x 18 cm (10 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Landscape

1858 · pen and ink on tracing paper

overall: 13 x 13.1 cm (5 1/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Smugglers

1858 · Pen and black ink, on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

13.9 × 22.2 cm (5 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Holy Family with Pole

1858 · Etching on white wove paper

Image: 5.1 × 10.7 cm (2 1/16 × 4 1/4 in.); Plate: 6.5 × 12.3 cm (2 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 15.5 × 22.5 cm (6 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

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The Holy Family with Pole

1858 · Etching on gray wove paper

5.2 × 10.8 cm (2 1/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

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Interior, Peasant House in Haute-Garonne

1858 · Etching on cream machine-made Japanese paper

Image: 15 × 11.1 cm (5 15/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Plate: 19.7 × 12.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34.4 × 27.3 cm (13 9/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Battle in the Mountains

1857 · Pen and black ink, on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on cream wove paper

29.5 × 25.1 cm (11 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Bathing Woman and Time

1857 · Lithograph (etching transfer) on light gray chine laid down on ivory card

Image: 16 × 11 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 16.8 × 12.1 cm (6 5/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

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Bathing Woman and Death

1857 · Lithograph (etching transfer) on light gray chine, laid down on ivory card

Image: 16 × 11 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 16.8 × 12 cm (6 5/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hunters Surprised by Death

1857 · Etching on light gray chine

Image: 10.8 × 6.4 cm (4 5/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Sheet: 12.6 × 7.5 cm (5 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago