L'Hiver à Paris (Winter in Paris)
Medium
etching, aqautint, spit-bite etching, soft-ground etching, drypoint, and scraping on light green laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.7 x 32.9 cm (8 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.) sheet: 26.6 x 38.8 cm (10 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1260
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...