id: 110123
accession number: 1928.750
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The Good Samaritan, 1861. Rodolphe Bresdin (French, 1822–1885), Lemercier. Lithograph; image: 56.7 x 44.3 cm (22 5/16 x 17 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. George A. Martin 1928.750
title: The Good Samaritan
title in original language:
series:
series in original language:
creation date: 1861
creation date earliest: 1861
creation date latest: 1861
current location:
creditline: Gift of Mrs. George A. Martin
copyright:
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culture: France, Paris
technique: lithograph
department: Prints
collection: PR - Lithograph
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: van Gelder 100
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CREATORS
* Rodolphe Bresdin (French, 1822–1885) - artist
* Lemercier - publisher
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measurements: Image: 56.7 x 44.3 cm (22 5/16 x 17 7/16 in.)
state of the work: i/ii
edition of the work:
support materials:
description: chine appliqué
watermarks:
inscriptions:
inscription: lower left, in stone: Rodolphe Bresdin 1861 (in reverse); lower center, printed: Imp. Lemercier, Paris; center, in plate: RB (within image)
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remark:
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: French Art Since Eighteen Hundred
opening date: 1929-11-08T05:00:00
French Art Since Eighteen Hundred. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8-December 8, 1929).
title: Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1934-06-05T04:00:00
Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 5-September 12, 1934).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
title: Animals as Romantic Icons in French Art
opening date: 1986-04-06T04:00:00
Animals as Romantic Icons in French Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 6-July 27, 1986).
title: Symbolist Prints
opening date: 1991-11-05T05:00:00
Symbolist Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).
title: Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints
opening date: 2001-08-26T00:00:00
Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01. "Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints," no catalogue.
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PROVENANCE
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fun fact:
Rodolphe Bresdin was known in his time as "Chien-Caillou" after the impoverished artist who served as the protagonist in an 1845 novel with the same title.
digital description:
wall description:
This is a highly original treatment of the biblical story of a Jewish man who had been beaten, stripped, robbed, and left for dead, and the Samaritan who helped him. This kind act is all the more heroic considering the great hatred between the Samaritans and Jews (each claimed to be the exclusive descendants of Abraham and Moses). The small scene in the center of the large sheet is surrounded by an exuberant landscape teeming with an unrealistic assortment of tropical and nontropical plants and a variety of peering animals. Bresdin used a pen and lithographic ink to detail the fauna and flora of his extraordinary imagination. However, these bizarre visions were appreciated during his lifetime by only a select circle primarily comprising inventive writers such as Victor Hugo (1802–1885) and Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867).
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949.
page number: Mentioned: p. 22
url: https://archive.org/details/Lithography/page/n29
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IMAGES
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