Le Papillon et La Mar (The Butterfly and The Sea), for Fables et Contes by Hippolyte de Thierry-Faletans

1868

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Lithograph; first state of three (Van Gelder)
Dimensions: Mount: 12 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (32 × 24.3 cm) Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 3/16 in. (19.7 × 13.2 cm)
Collection no.: 52.508.20
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Le Papillon et La Mar (The Butterfly and The Sea), for Fables et Contes by Hippolyte de Thierry-Faletans — Rodolphe Bresdin. 1868.

Medium: Lithograph; first state of three (Van Gelder). Dimensions: Mount: 12 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (32 × 24.3 cm) Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 3/16 in. (19.7 × 13.2 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, 1952.

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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