L'Hiver à Paris (Winter in Paris)
Medium
etching, aquatint, spit-bite etching, softground etching, drypoint, and scraping in black on artificial vellum
Dimensions
plate: 22.7 x 32.9 cm (8 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.) sheet: 25.6 x 36.4 cm (10 1/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.38
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...