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Rodolphe Bresdin
French, 1825-1885
Le Bon Samaritain (The Good Samaritan), 1861
Lithograph on chine jaunâtre, affixed to white chine appliqué

Detail, texture, and pattern abound in this intricate lithograph. Lush foliage, teeming with life, envelops a scene in the center of this image, where a camel within a clearing waits to carry the Good Samaritan and wounded man to recovery.

Rodolphe Bresdin’s setting for this Biblical story appears exotic and fantastical. His profusion of wildlife presents a mixture of plants and creatures that do not actually coexist together in nature. What creatures can you spot? The dark, overgrown forest is both beautiful and ominous, and serves to heighten a sense of danger, visually reinforcing the risk the Good Samaritan takes in this story, and the loving generosity he shows for his fellow humankind. This extraordinary image is a reminder of the infinite detail found in nature and invites us to marvel at humanity’s ability to render it artistically.