La Chapelle Saint-Michel à l'Estre (The Chapel Saint-Michel at l'Estre)
Medium
etching, drypoint and roulette on light blue-green laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.9 x 27.3 cm (5 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.) overall: 24.9 x 37.3 cm (9 13/16 x 14 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1258
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...