19th century
Upper corners rounded. There are single graphite lines framing the drawing on the mount. Study for the etching The Holy Family Near a Bridge, Van Gelder 47. According to Van Gelder, the drawing was cut to its present shape by the artist's daughter, Rodolphine.
actual: 8.2 x 10 cm (3 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
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
Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream wove paper
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19th centuryFrenchGraphite on pale gray modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and white gouache on blue laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown wash on light tan wove paper
19th centuryFrenchChalk on paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk
19th centuryFrenchGraphite, with red chalk in the study at left, on cream modern laid paper. Badly foxed and discolored; old vertical centerfold.
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on tan modern laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
19th centuryFrench