The Comedy of Death (La comédie de la mort)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Rodolphe Bresdin

Title

The Comedy of Death (La comédie de la mort)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1854

Medium

Lithograph on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 21.7 × 15 cm (8 9/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 28.4 × 19.5 cm (11 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter S. Brewster

Reference Number

1923.189

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