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Rodolphe Bresdin

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Pen drawing of a medieval town with half-timbered houses, a church spire, fishermen by a river, and a horseback rider.

Fishing Port

1864

Pen and ink drawing of a riverside village with stilt houses, palm trees, a canoe and towering rock cliffs.

Exotic Landscape

n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of craggy cliffs with horsemen in turbans in the foreground and a distant domed city on the right.

Mountainous Landscape with Horsemen

n.d.

Pencil drawing of dancing women entertaining turbaned men in a vaulted hall with a balcony and banquet vessels.

Interior: Dancing Girls Entertaining Chieftains

1870

Pen and ink drawing of wrecked boats on a shore before a town of gabled houses and a church spire, under a stormy sky.

Washed Up Ships

1864

Pen and ink drawing of rocky cliffs and palm trees, with riders and a distant domed city on the right.

Caucasian Landscape

Pen drawing of jagged mountains with castles on cliffs and small figures hauling a rope across rocky ground.

Castles on Mountains

Pen and ink sketch sheet with horses, riders, elephants, an ox and two dancing figures, with handwritten notes.

Various Studies

Pen and ink sketch sheet with nativity group, horseback figures before a village, and studies of contorted figures.

Sketches for Biblical Scenes

Pen and ink sketch of a convalescent in a canopy bed attended by visitors in a room with a clock and folding screen.

The Convalescent

Pen and ink drawing of hunters and hunting dogs gathered in a crowded interior hung with game and filled with pottery.

Departure for the Hunt

Colored design with Virgin and Child in clouds above a landscape scene, framed by an ornate blue patterned border.

Design for a Stained Glass Window

Pen and ink drawing of a rustic country house with thatched outbuildings, figures, sheep, and a stream in front.

A Rustic Country House

1850

Pen and ink sketch of crowded figures, horsemen, a camel, dogs and a walled city on an arched sheet.

Sketches of Classical or Biblical Figures

Pen and ink drawing of mounted warriors with spears moving through a narrow mountain pass between steep rock walls.

Warriors in a Mountain Pass

Pen and ink drawing of a mountainous valley with rocky cliffs, a village on a ridge, and a winding path.

Mountainous Scene

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of armed riders and figures under a cloudy sky, with skeletal remains in the foreground.

After the Battle

Pen and ink sketch sheet with studies of helmeted Roman soldiers, cavalry riders, and a battle scene with fallen figures.

Sketches of Roman Soldiers

1842-85

Pen and ink sketch of a rock dwelling with a wooden door and steps, with a family group of adults and children in the foregro

House in the Rocks

1839

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched inn with birds on the roof and a crowd dancing and dining below.

The Chien-Caillou Inn

Pen and ink drawing of a dark rocky crevasse with steep cliffs and jagged rock formations on tan paper.

The Crevasse

Pen drawing of travelers with a child and donkey in a rocky landscape with skulls in the foreground and hills beyond.

Flight to Egypt

Pen drawing of a Gothic church with spires beside a busy harbor with boats, a crane, cargo, and cloudy sky.

The Church and the Port

1869

Pen drawing of a cluttered peasant kitchen with a standing woman, a seated man, a dog, and fish hanging from the rafters.

Peasants' interior with spinner

1860

Pen and ink study on tan paper showing a landscape with a village, mountains, soldiers, a flying bird and decorative sketches

Studies

Pen and ink sketch of a steep rocky mountainside with cliffs, shrubs in the foreground, and light horizontal sky strokes.

Mountainous Site

Ink sketch of a mounted rider in a fur hat with a lance, leading a column of horsemen across open ground.

Muscovite Rider

Pen and ink sketch of riders on galloping horses chasing across a hilly landscape under clouds.

The Hunt

The Camel

1825

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky landscape with cliffs, trees, and a pool of water.

Landscape

probably c. 1858

Pen and ink sketch of a tall gothic belfry above gabled houses, with small figures in a street below.

The Flemish Belfry

n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a wooded pond bank with trees, shrubs, rocks and a cloudy sky.

Bank of a Pond

n.d.