Artist
Rodolphe Bresdin(French, 1822–1885)French, 1822–1885
Printer
Imprimerie Lemercier & Cie(Paris)Paris
CultureFrench
Titles
- La Comédie de la Mort (The Comedy of Death)
Date1854
Printed inParis, France
MediumLithograph, printed chine collé, on wove paper, state V/VI
DimensionsImage: 10 3/16 × 7 1/4 in. (25.9 × 18.4 cm)
Sheet: 17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in. (44.9 × 31.4 cm)
Sheet: 17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in. (44.9 × 31.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Richard Finger, Theodore J. Lee and Marc Sekula, Wynne Phelan, Dr. Craig Calvert, Kelty Crain, and the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Endowment Fund
Object number2016.112
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in image, lower left: P. Bresdin 1854
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Im Lemercier Paris
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: DEPOSE
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: LA COMÉDIE DE LA MORT
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower right edge: B 44, avec le non de Lemercier en [illegible] / etat n.d. 557700
Verso: Inscribed in ink, center: F. A. Maglis 1895
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Im Lemercier Paris
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: DEPOSE
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: LA COMÉDIE DE LA MORT
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower right edge: B 44, avec le non de Lemercier en [illegible] / etat n.d. 557700
Verso: Inscribed in ink, center: F. A. Maglis 1895
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in image, lower left: P. Bresdin 1854
Recto: Collector’s stamp in ink, lower right corner: [B in oval with ornamental lines: stamp of Alfred Beurdeley]
Watermark: [None]
Watermark: [None]
Catalogue raisonnéVan Gelder 84 V/VI; Preaud 129 IV/V
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