Artworks · Rodolphe Bresdin

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.)

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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.)

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Hunters Surprised by Death

1857 · Etching on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Image: 10.9 × 6.3 cm (4 5/16 × 2 1/2 in.); Chine: 12.6 × 7.2 cm (5 × 2 7/8 in.); Sheet: 36 × 27.2 cm (14 3/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

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The Hunter Surprised by Death

1857 · Etching

composition and sheet: 4 5/16 x 2 1/2" (10.9 x 6.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flemish Interior

1856 · Lithograph (etching transfer) on light gray China paper laid down on off-white wove paper

Image: 15.9 × 10.5 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Chine: 18.9 × 12.4 cm (7 1/2 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 32.7 × 25.1 cm (12 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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The Roman Army, from Revue Fantaisiste

1856 · Etching on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image/chine: 6.5 × 12.6 cm (2 9/16 × 5 in.); Plate: 7.9 × 14.2 cm (3 1/8 × 5 5/8 in.)

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Flemish Interior, from Revue Fantaisiste

1856 · Etching and roulette on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 15.7 × 10.6 cm (6 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Chine: 18.2 × 12.5 cm (7 3/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 27.3 cm (14 3/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Flemish Interior

1856 · Etching

composition and sheet: 6 3/16 x 4 3/16" (15.7 x 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Comedie de la Mort

1854 · lithograph

image: 21.7 x 15.1 cm (8 9/16 x 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 47.8 x 31.3 cm (18 13/16 x 12 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Comedy of Death

1854 · lithograph on western paper

image: 8 9/16 x 5 7/8 in. (21.8 x 15 cm)

National Gallery of Art

The Comedy of Death (La comédie de la mort)

1854 · Lithograph on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 21.7 × 15 cm (8 9/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 28.4 × 19.5 cm (11 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

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The Comedy of Death

1854 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper

Image: 21.9 × 15 cm (8 5/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Chine: 22.1 × 17.3 cm (8 3/4 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 47.3 × 31.2 cm (18 5/8 × 12 5/16 in.)

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The Comedy of Death

1854 · Lithograph

composition: 8 9/16 x 5 15/16" (21.8 x 15.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 1/4" (30.8 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fantasy Farmhouse

1853 · pen and black ink and gray wash with touches of red-brown crayon, surface scraping on Bristol board

overall: 60 x 45.8 cm (23 5/8 x 18 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Holy Family at Rest Beside a Stream

1853 · Lithograph on China paper laid down on heavy white wove paper

22.5 × 17.2 cm (8 7/8 × 6 13/16 in.)

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Caucasian Landscape

1850 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on cream wove paper

12.8 × 16.5 cm (5 1/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

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L'Ermite Sous Les Arbres (The Hermit Under The Trees)

1850 · Etching; first state of two (Van Gelder)

Mount: 14 1/16 × 10 1/2 in. (35.7 × 26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Intérieur de Paysans (Peasant interior)

1850 · Etching; second state of two (Van Gelder)

Mount: 4 5/16 × 6 in. (11 × 15.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Rustic Country House

1850 · Pen and black ink

5 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. (13.7 x 10.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Le Bon Samaritan (The Good Samaritan)

1849 · Etching; first state of two (Van Gelder)

Mount: 5 11/16 × 4 11/16 in. (14.5 × 11.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Le Gué (The Ford)

1849 · Etching

Sheet: 7 15/16 × 5 7/16 in. (20.2 × 13.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

La Tentation de Saint Antoine (The Temptation of St. Anthony)

1849 · Etching

Sheet: 6 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (17 × 27.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

La Marais (The Swamp)

1849 · Etching; second state of two (Van Gelder)

Mount: 5 3/8 × 7 11/16 in. (13.6 × 19.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hameau de Pêcheurs (Hamlet of Fishermen)

1849 · Etching; first state of two (Van Gelder)

Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.5 × 11.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

La Marécage (The Marsh)

1849 · Etching; first state of two (Van Gelder)

Mount: 8 9/16 × 4 5/8 in. (21.8 × 11.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

La Lac au Milieu de la Forêt (The Lake in the Middle of the Forest)

1849 · Etching

Sheet: 5 3/8 × 6 7/16 in. (13.6 × 16.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mountainous Landscape with Horsemen

1845 · Pen and black ink on tan tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Primary support: 14.6 × 16.1 cm (5 3/4 × 6 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 22.4 × 24.2 cm (8 7/8 × 9 9/16 in.)

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Exotic Landscape

1845 · Pen and black ink on tan tracing paper (both sides), laid down on cream wove paper, tipped on cream laid paper

Primary/secondary supports: 9 × 15.2 cm (3 9/16 × 6 in.); Tertiary support: 26.7 × 37.2 cm (10 9/16 × 14 11/16 in.)

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Steam in a Gorge

1845 · Pen and black ink, on buff tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper

13.6 × 21.8 cm (5 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

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The Lilliputian Village

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper

5.9 × 7.3 cm (2 3/8 × 2 7/8 in.)

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The Great Bridges

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper

11.1 × 10.2 cm (4 3/8 × 4 1/16 in.)

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Maritime Village

1845 · Pen and black ink, with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on tan tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

15.1 × 11.5 cm (6 × 4 9/16 in.)

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Sheet of Sketches: The Life of Christ

1845 · Pen and brown ink, on tan wove paper, laid down on buff wove paper

14.9 × 12.2 cm (5 7/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

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The Shore

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper

9.4 × 15.5 cm (3 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

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Arabian Fantasy

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

9.7 × 14.2 cm (3 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.)

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Landscape with an Old Church

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper

11 × 11.2 cm (4 3/8 × 4 7/16 in.)

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Country Landscape

1845 · Pen and black ink, on cream tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

8.5 × 16 cm (3 3/8 × 6 5/16 in.)

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Troops in the Pass

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

9.1 × 15.4 cm (3 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

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Arab Horsemen

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

12.6 × 11.3 cm (5 × 4 1/2 in.)

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Horsemen and Fishermen

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

11.2 × 20.8 cm (4 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

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Village in Mountains

1845 · Pen and black ink, on buff tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper

5.6 × 8.8 cm (2 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

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Misery at Home

1845 · Pen and black ink over graphite, on tan tracing paper, laid down on cream wove paper

9.6 × 11.5 cm (3 13/16 × 4 9/16 in.)

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Refuge in Prayer

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

18.8 × 11.6 cm (7 7/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

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Etruscan Village

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper

9.9 × 8.9 cm (3 15/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

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Interior with Man and Woman in Eighteenth-Century Dress

1845 · Pen and black ink, on tan tracing paper

8.4 × 10.1 cm (3 5/16 × 4 in.)

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