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Study for "The Holy Family near a Bridge"

Study for "The Holy Family near a Bridge"

1822 - 1885

Rodolphe Bresdin

French

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.

Graphite on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper

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