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A pen and ink drawing of a voluminous mountain landscape. At the base of the mountain pass, there is a chaotic battle scene of soldiers and horses.

Rodolphe Bresdin

Battle Scene in a Mountain Pass

Description

Maker

Rodolphe Bresdin (French, 1822-1885)

Title

Battle Scene in a Mountain Pass

Year

ca. 1864-1865

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

pen and ink

Dimensions

14.1 x 9.1 cm (5 9/16 x 3 5/8 inches) within mat

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

35.267

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer
Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Mar 12, 2022 – Sep 04, 2022

Label copy

Working on a small scale with a fine steel-nibbed pen dipped in india ink, Rodolphe Bresdin evokes a vast landscape abuzz with drama and activity. An intricate mesh of varied marks vividly describes the horse-mounted army swarming through a mountain pass, with hatched craggy rocks and clouds formed from wispy coils. Largely self-taught, Bresdin focused on the graphic potential of the black line, executing most of his drawings in this style and format and filling them with an almost obsessive profusion of detail.

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Rodolphe Bresdin (French, 1822-1885)
Battle Scene in a Mountain Pass, ca. 1864-1865
Pen and ink on tracing paper mounted to wove paper
14.1 x 9.1 cm (5 9/16 x 3 5/8 inches) within mat
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 35.267

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