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Battle in the Mountains

A work made of pen and black ink, on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of pen and black ink, on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on cream wove paper.

Date:

1857

Artist:

Rodolphe Bresdin
French, 1825-1885

About this artwork

Bresdin, the eccentric “poet” of Romantic landscape, was an outsider who had more of a connection with writers such as Baudelaire, Champfleury, Gautier, and Victor Hugo than among artists, with the exception of his loyal disciple, Odilon Redon.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Rodolphe Bresdin

Title

Battle in the Mountains

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1857

Medium

Pen and black ink, on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on cream wove paper

Dimensions

29.5 × 25.1 cm (11 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Worcester Sketch Fund

Reference Number

1963.811

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