Jacques Cazotte's "Le Diable amoureux" (2nd vignette)
Medium
etching and drypoint in black on moderately thick Japanese paper
Dimensions
plate: 5.1 x 7 cm (2 x 2 3/4 in.) sheet: 16.5 x 16.8 cm (6 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.40
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...