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Rodolphe Bresdin

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Black and white print of a dense forest clearing with a camel, two resting travelers, twisted trees, ferns and clouds.

The Good Samaritan

1861

Etching of a nude woman bathing in a pond beside a seated skeleton on a rocky cliff, under a cloudy sky with birds.

Bathing Woman and Time

1857

Print of a skeleton standing near a woman bathing in a pond amid dense trees, rocks, and clouds.

Bathing Woman and Death

1857

Black and white print of a rocky gorge framed by trees and hanging vines, with a boat, a man with a staff, and birds.

First frontispiece for Fables and Fairy-Tales by Thierry-Faletans

1868

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

Fishing Port

1864

Etching of a gnarled tree with tangled bare branches, roots and small birds, rendered in dense black hatching on cream paper.

Branches

Black and white print of a gnarled forest with skeletons in trees, a cave opening, skulls on the ground, and a pond.

The Comedy of Death

1854

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

Etching of a riverside marketplace with round sunshades under steep half-timbered houses and a cloudy sky.

Marketplace with Sunshades

1866

Etching of a village by a stream with half-timbered houses, fishermen in the water, a stone bridge and smoking chimneys.

Village by a stream

1820

Etching of a dense forest with a camel and figures on the ground beneath tangled trees and ferns.

The Good Samaritan (Le Bon Samaritain)

1861

Etched frontispiece of a rocky gorge framed by trees and vines, with a boatman, a bearded man, and winged creatures.

Frontispiece

1878

Detailed black-and-white print of a marsh, forest, distant mountain and hilltop town beneath a cloudy sky.

The Towns Behind the Marsh

probably 1868

Dim interior with hanging provisions, a hearth, and a standing man beside a seated woman holding a child.

Flemish Interior

1873

Etching of a rustic cottage interior with a smoking man, a woman and children by the hearth, hanging meats and a bed.

Flemish Interior

1876/1880

Pen and ink print of a thatched farm cottage with villagers, a horseman, and children in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Farm Cottage, from Revue Fantaisiste

1861

Black-and-white print of a dense forest with gnarled trees, a stream, and a seated Holy Family near a distant village.

The Holy Family at Rest Beside a Stream

1853

Etching of a gnarled tree beside a lake with mountains and hatched clouds, with small figures on the shore.

Lake in the Mountains, from Revue Fantaisiste

n.d.

Etching of a mounted rider with a lance crossing a stream in a steep rocky mountain gorge, with small figures to the right.

Rider in the Mountains

1866

Etching of a crowded harbor with tall ships, rowboats, a statue on a column, and Gothic spires in the distance.

My Dream

1883

Lithograph frontispiece of a dense forest, rocky gorge and waterfall, with a small boat and standing figure in the foreground

Frontispiece for Fables and Tales by Hippolyte de Thierry-Faletans

1868

Etching with five framed scenes: a dense forest, a village, figures in a clearing, a bare tree landscape, and a windmill.

Blad met vijf voorstellingen

1841

Small etching of a haloed Christ figure in a crowded interior with a kneeling woman at left and ornate architecture above.

Christus met man en vrouw in interieur

1843

Etching of a dark, dense forest over a marsh pool, with a distant hilltop town beneath a glowing cloudy sky.

The Cities Beyond the Marsh

1868

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 nativity group, horseback figures before a village, and studies of contorted figures.

Sketches for Biblical Scenes

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

Sketches of Roman Soldiers

1842-85