Ryno et Hermangarde (Ryno and Hermangarde)
1847-1898
Medium
etching, drypoint, softground etching, salt lift, aquatint (spirit ground) and roulette in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.6 × 11.6 cm (6 15/16 × 4 9/16 in.) sheet: 23.5 × 16.6 cm (9 1/4 × 6 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.549
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...