Chaumière de pêcheur (Fisherman's Cottage)
Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper with central image on chine collé
Dimensions
image: 37 x 52.9 cm (14 9/16 x 20 13/16 in.) sheet: 40.4 x 56.3 cm (15 7/8 x 22 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.57
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...