L'Ermite Sous Les Arbres (The Hermit Under The Trees)

L'Ermite Sous Les Arbres (The Hermit Under The Trees)

Rodolphe Bresdin

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The print is dated at the lower left hand corner to 1850, which is the date of the first state; Van Gelder dates this second state to 1865/66.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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