DrawingsFrench19th century

Hunters Surprised by Death

1857

Artists

Rodolphe BresdinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink with touches of graphite over traces of red chalk, traced with a stylus, on tan wove paper, mounted on cream wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sheet: 13 x 7.5 cm (5 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.61

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