Cacoletière Assise (Seated Woman and Ass)
Medium
drypoint in brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.2 x 16.1 cm (4 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.) sheet: 14.4 x 22.2 cm (5 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Daniel Bell and Pearl K. Bell
Accession Number
2006.68.4
Rights
Public Domain
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...