19th century
Upper corners rounded. There are single graphite lines framing the drawing on the mount. Study for the etching The Holy Family Near a Bridge, Van Gelder 47. According to Van Gelder, the drawing was cut to its present shape by the artist's daughter, Rodolphine.
actual: 8.2 x 10 cm (3 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Rodolphe Bresdin. estate stamp (not in Lugt) Paul Bresdin. artist's son D. G. Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, 1930. D. Loenen, Amsterdam. Adolph Schwarz, Amsterdam-Amstelveen. Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, CA. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from R.M. Light & Co., 1991, sold to HUAM, 1993. Long term loan to HUAM from June 1991 to 1993
Colored chalk on cream modern laid paper
19th-20th centuryFrenchWatercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBrown wash over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on tan antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite
19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and graphite on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tan paper
19th centuryFrench