Jacques Cazotte's "Le Diable amoureux" (3rd vignette)
Medium
etching and drypoint in black on thin cream wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 5 x 6.9 cm (1 15/16 x 2 11/16 in.) sheet: 11 x 13.4 cm (4 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.41
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...