Le Château des hiboux (Castle of the Owls)
1877-1887
Medium
etching, aquatint, drypoint, and roulette in black on 18th-century cream laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.3 x 18 cm (4 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.) sheet: 15.5 x 21.2 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.54
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...