Le bruit de deux sabots traînant... (The sound of two clogs shuffling...)
Medium
etching, drypoint, and roulette in black on moderately thick cream wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.4 x 11.4 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 21.7 x 14.4 cm (8 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.9570
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...