The Holy Family with the Does

1878

Rodolphe Bresdin

Artist, French, 1822 - 1885

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transfer lithograph in black on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.2 x 20.1 cm (10 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 44.8 x 31.5 cm (17 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Van Gelder 1976, no. 137, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R.L. Mayer; Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 64.

Bibliography

1976

  • Gelder, Dirk van. Rodolphe Bresdin. 2 vols. La Haye: M. Nijhoff, 1976.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 64.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: Rodolphe Bresdin 1878; lower right in plate: R B.; lower center below image, stamped in red: RODOLPHE BRESDIN.fecit (Lugt 295b); by later hand, lower left in graphite: A62; by later hand, lower left to lower center verso in graphite: Rodolphe Bresdin / Le Repos en Egypte (Neumann 54) / Superbe epreuve av. la lettre sur chine fixé / timbre de l'artiste

Wikidata ID

Q75121453


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