La Ronde de Nuit (Night Patrol)
Medium
etching, aquatint, and drypoint in black on moderately thick beige laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 12.9 x 14.2 cm (5 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.) sheet: 25.1 x 34.7 cm (9 7/8 x 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1250
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...