Rodolphe Bresdin and Lemercier
The Comedy of Death
1853-1860
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Lithograph, Sheet: 324 × 240 mm. (12 3/4 × 9 7/16 in.)
Image: 220 × 150 mm. (8 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.9498
According to Van Gelder's entry, this impression is from the fourth printing in 1861 (Van Gelder does not list this BMA impression in his entry, however a similar impression is in the Samuel Putnam Avery Collection is listed)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed in stone (scratched): lower left "R BRESDIN 1854 [4 in reverse]" Printed inscription: lower left "Im. Lemercier Paris"; lower center "DEPOSÉ", "LA COMÉDIE DE LA MORT"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
