La Sainte Famille aux Cerfs (The Holy Family with Deer)

1871

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Lithograph (transferred from an etching); first state of two (Van Gelder)
Dimensions: Sheet: 17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in. (44.9 × 31.5 cm) Image: 10 3/8 × 7 7/8 in. (26.3 × 20 cm)
Collection no.: 50.575.48
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

La Sainte Famille aux Cerfs (The Holy Family with Deer) — Rodolphe Bresdin. 1871.

Medium: Lithograph (transferred from an etching); first state of two (Van Gelder). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in. (44.9 × 31.5 cm) Image: 10 3/8 × 7 7/8 in. (26.3 × 20 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The J. B. Neumann Collection, Gift of Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, 1950.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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