Baptismal commemoration for Jean Buhot (Baptême japonais)
Medium
etching, aquatint, drypoint, and liftground in black and brown (proof) on parchment
Dimensions
plate: 21.2 × 12.7 cm (8 3/8 × 5 in.) sheet: 31 × 21.9 cm (12 3/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
2017.199.27
About the Artist
Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 1847–1898
Félix-Hilaire Buhot was born on July 9, 1847, in Valognes, a small town in Normandy, France, into a modest family—his father a wine merchant and his mother a seller of women's clothes. Orphaned by age seven after losing both parents and his maternal grandmother, he was raised by relatives, including a godfather, and received an early introduction to drawing from his adopted mother's nephew. In 186...