The Comedy of Death

Prints and Drawings

1854

Rodolphe Bresdin
French, 1825-1885

Rodolphe Bresdin was a reclusive, highly individual artist who focused his career as a printmaker and draftsman on intricate compositions of exotic, mysterious, and even macabre subjects. Following the 1848 Revolution, Bresdin left Paris to travel around France on foot, settling in Toulouse from 1853 to 1857. It was there that he created this print, possibly inspired by Théophile Gautier’s 1838 poem of the same title.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Rodolphe Bresdin
Title: The Comedy of Death
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1854
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 21.9 × 15 cm (8 5/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Chine: 22.1 × 17.3 cm (8 3/4 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 47.3 × 31.2 cm (18 5/8 × 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund
Reference Number: 1986.854
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