Le soir même... (The same evening...)
Medium
etching, drypoint, and roulette in black on moderately thick cream wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.5 x 17.4 cm (4 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 15.2 x 20.2 cm (6 x 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.9574
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...