Battle in the Mountains
1857
Pen and black ink, on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on cream wove paper
29.5 × 25.1 cm (11.6 × 9.9 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
Bresdin, the eccentric "poet" of Romantic landscape, was an outsider who had more of a connection with writers such as Baudelaire, Champfleury, Gautier, and Victor Hugo than among artists, with the exception of his loyal disciple, Odilon Redon.
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