Matinée d'Hiver sur les Quais
Medium
etching, drypoint, roulette, aquatint, and sand paper ground onlaid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25 x 34.8 cm (9 13/16 x 13 11/16 in.) sheet: 29.6 x 41.1 cm (11 5/8 x 16 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.415
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...