Fishermen (Pêcheurs de Valech)
Félix-Hilaire Buhot
19th century
Medium
Etching; only state
Dimensions
Plate: 2 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. (6 x 10.5 cm) Sheet: 2 5/8 x 4 7/16 in. (6.7 x 11.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.514
Tags
HorsesBoats
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...