Rodolphe Bresdin, The Bather and Time, 1856, pen and black ink on tan tracing paper, mounted on cream wove paper, 4 in. x 2 13/16 in. (10.2 cm x 7.1 cm), Rodolphe Bresdin, - Album alb4875548

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Download this stock image (alb4875548) from - Rodolphe Bresdin, The Bather and Time, 1856, pen and black ink on tan tracing paper, mounted on cream wove paper, 4 in. x 2 13/16 in. (10.2 cm x 7.1 cm), Rodolphe Bresdin, one of the most visionary and eccentric graphic artists of the nineteenth century, was admired by the likes of Victor Hugo and Charles Baudelaire. This pairing of a preparatory drawing from 1856 and the related lithograph, published in Toulouse the following year, reveals the artist's process. The drawing is a quick, energetic working study. It depicts a young woman bathing in a pond as Death observes time running out. Several differences between the drawing and the print can be noted. In the latter, the viewpoint is higher and more distant, the landscape more expansive and atmospheric, and the vegetation lusher. The dra()

Bathing Woman and Time. Rodolphe Bresdin; French, 1825-1885. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 160 × 110 mm (image); 168 × 121 mm (sheet). Lithograph (etching transfer) on light gray chine laid down on ivory card. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art