Engel en vrouw in landschap
1841
Medium
etching
Dimensions
49; 84
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso midden, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Rodolphe Bresdin'sEngel en vrouw inschap* (Angel and Woman in Landscape), created in 1841, is a delicate etching measuring just 49 mm high by 84 mm wide. At only 19 years old, French artist produced this intimate vision, blending ethereal figures with a fantastical natural setting—a hallmark of his early Romantic-inspired style. Bresdin, often called a "visionary draftsman," drew from literary and mystical influences, crafting dreamlike scenes that evoke wonder and otherworldliness. Etching allowed Bresdin to showcase his extraordinary technical prowess, using fine, intricate lines incised in...
About the Artist
Rodolphe Bresdin · 1822–1885
Rodolphe Bresdin (1822–1885) was a visionary French draughtsman, engraver, and lithographer whose fantastical imagery captured the empathy of rural poverty and the wild exuberance of the imagination. Born on August 12, 1822, in Montrelais near Le Fresne-sur-Loire in Brittany, he grew up in the Breton countryside amid its bardic folklore traditions before a family dispute left him homeless in Paris...