Le Secret du Mâitre Cornille (The Secret of Master Cornille)
c. 1885
Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint (dust ground and spirit ground), roulette, and spit bite in black on Japanese paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.4 x 11.3 cm (6 7/8 x 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 30.4 x 20.9 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.4
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...